R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 169 · 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.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) burger (c) fork
4. 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) purple
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) ladder
7. 7.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) corn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) yarn
10. 10.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
11. 11.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) dart
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) circle
14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) popcorn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) first
19. 19.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) burger (c) scarf
21. 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
22. 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) third (c) unicorn
24. 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) star
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) fork
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) burger
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) popcorn
29. 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
30. 30.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) burger
33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
34. 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) butter
36. 36.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
37. 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) butter
39. 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
40. 40.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark

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