R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 28 · 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) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
2. 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
3. 3.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) bird
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) third
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) paper
8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
10. 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) computer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) unicorn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) star
15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) butter
17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) car (c) butter
19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
20. 20.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) star
23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) flower
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) fork
27. 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
28. 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
30. 30.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) star
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) hammer
33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
35. 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
36. 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
37. 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) ladder
40. 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

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