R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 161 · 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.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
2. 2.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) third
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) bird
5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) unicorn
7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) fork
9. 9.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) first (c) scarf
11. 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) turtle
13. 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) star
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) star (c) popcorn
16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) bird
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) burger
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) first
20. 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) circus
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) circus
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) butter
24. 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
26. 26.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
27. 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
28. 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
29. 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
30. 30.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) burger (c) corn
32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) bird
37. 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) turkey
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) purple
40. 40.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

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