R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 165 · 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 has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) purple
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) popcorn
3. 3.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) circle (c) torch
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) girl
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) bird
7. 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) burger (c) bird
9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) burger
12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
13. 13.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) unicorn
15. 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) turtle
17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) burger
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) fork
20. 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
21. 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) turtle
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) corn
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) purple
27. 27.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
29. 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) burger
31. 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
32. 32.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
33. 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) third
35. 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
37. 37.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
39. 39.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

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