R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 383 · 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.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
2. 2.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) thermometer
4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
5. 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) turkey
7. 7.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
8. 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) car
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) car
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) hammer
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) flower
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) tiger
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) butter (c) purple
15. 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
16. 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) burger
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) bird
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) circle
20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) butter
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) girl
23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) yarn
24. 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
25. 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
26. 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) bird
28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) dart (c) burger
30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
32. 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) spider
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) fork
35. 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
36. 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) turkey
38. 38.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
40. 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus

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