R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 144 · 40 questions

How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.

1. 1.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
2. 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) third
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) first (c) scarf
5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
6. 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
8. 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) ladder
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) dart
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) third (c) corn
12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) burger
14. 14.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
15. 15.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
16. 16.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) paper
18. 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
19. 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
21. 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) fork
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) bird
24. 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) purple
26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
27. 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
28. 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
29. 29.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) turkey
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) circle
32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) shark
34. 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
35. 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) fork
37. 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
39. 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar

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