R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 16 · 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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) shark (c) purple
4. 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
5. 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
7. 7.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) star
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) unicorn
10. 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) bird
12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) turkey
14. 14.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) thermometer
16. 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
17. 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
18. 18.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
19. 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) flower
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) butter
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) third (c) popcorn
25. 25.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
26. 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
27. 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
29. 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) spider
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) turtle
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) dart
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) burger
34. 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
35. 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
36. 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) first (c) turkey
38. 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) first (c) torch
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) circle

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