R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 3 · 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 “ur”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) dart
2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) turtle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) computer
5. 5.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
6. 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
7. 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) popcorn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) circle
10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
11. 11.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
13. 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
14. 14.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) guitar
16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) ladder (c) turkey
18. 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) butter (c) scarf
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) girl
21. 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) bird
25. 25.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
26. 26.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
27. 27.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) purple
30. 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) burger (c) torch
32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) tiger
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) butter (c) circus
35. 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) spider
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) first (c) popcorn
38. 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) scarf
40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork

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