R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 387 · 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.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
2. 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
3. 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
4. 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) tiger
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) fork (c) turtle
8. 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
11. 11.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) shark (c) burger
13. 13.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) computer
15. 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) ladder
17. 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) star (c) turkey
21. 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
23. 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
25. 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
26. 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
27. 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) first
29. 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) fork
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) circus
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) butter
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) circle
35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
37. 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
38. 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) bird
40. 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst

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