R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 403 · 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 has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) jar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) jar
3. 3.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) guitar
5. 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
6. 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
9. 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
10. 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) circus
12. 12.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turtle
14. 14.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) turtle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) torch (c) shark
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) girl
18. 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
19. 19.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) unicorn
21. 21.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) fork
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) scarf
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) star
25. 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
27. 27.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
28. 28.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
29. 29.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) yarn
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) turtle
32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
33. 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) first
35. 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) scarf
37. 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) spider (c) yarn
40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

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