R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 5 · 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 “ar”? (a) first (b) spider (c) jar
2. 2.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) first
5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
6. 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
7. 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) turtle
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) computer
11. 11.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) scarf
14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) flower (c) car
16. 16.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
17. 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
19. 19.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) bird
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) turtle
24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
26. 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
27. 27.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) girl
29. 29.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
30. 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
31. 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
32. 32.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) dart
36. 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
38. 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) circle
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) tiger

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