R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 273 · 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.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
3. 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) dart
5. 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
7. 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) car (c) corn
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) computer (c) scarf
13. 13.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
14. 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) popcorn
16. 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
17. 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) hammer
19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
22. 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
23. 23.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
26. 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
28. 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) corn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) star (c) torch
31. 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) torch
33. 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) first
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) yarn
36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
37. 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
38. 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) unicorn
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) butter

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