R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 300 · 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.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
2. 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) yarn
4. 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
5. 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) bird
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) paper
8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
9. 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
10. 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) scarf
13. 13.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) computer
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) purple
16. 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
17. 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
18. 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
19. 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) corn
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) guitar
22. 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
23. 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
24. 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
27. 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) shark
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) purple (c) guitar
30. 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) popcorn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) butter
33. 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
34. 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) yarn
36. 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
38. 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) girl
40. 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus

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