R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 15 · 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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) star (c) torch
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) jar (c) flower
5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
6. 6.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
7. 7.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) circus
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) popcorn
10. 10.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
11. 11.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) thermometer
13. 13.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) burger
15. 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
16. 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
17. 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
18. 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
20. 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) star (c) thermometer
22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) flower (c) popcorn
24. 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) first (c) guitar
26. 26.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) first (c) unicorn
28. 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
29. 29.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) yarn (c) turtle
31. 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) guitar
33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
34. 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
35. 35.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) bird
37. 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) spider
39. 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) thermometer

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