R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 397 · 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) ir (c) or
2. 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) torch
4. 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
7. 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
10. 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
11. 11.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
12. 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) circus
14. 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) fork
16. 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) fork
18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) popcorn
20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) unicorn
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) ladder
24. 24.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) turkey
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) circus
27. 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
28. 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
29. 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) flower (c) turtle
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) unicorn
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) dart (c) ladder
33. 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
35. 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
36. 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) car
38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) computer
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) star
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) third

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