R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 2 · 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 “ir”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) girl
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) flower
3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
4. 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) unicorn
6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
7. 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
8. 8.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
10. 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
11. 11.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
12. 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) popcorn
15. 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
18. 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) butter (c) fork
20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) car (c) first
22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) spider
24. 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
25. 25.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) third
28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
29. 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
30. 30.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
31. 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) third
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) fork
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) third
35. 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
36. 36.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) purple
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) burger (c) bird
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) thermometer
40. 40.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk

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