R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 357 · 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) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
3. 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) spider
6. 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
8. 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
9. 9.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
10. 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) guitar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) popcorn
14. 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) turtle
16. 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) popcorn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) turtle
20. 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
21. 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
22. 22.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) car
25. 25.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) yarn
28. 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) bird
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) jar
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) first (c) burger
32. 32.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
33. 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) popcorn
35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
36. 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) torch
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) torch
39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) third (c) turtle

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