R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 502 · 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) unicorn (b) bird (c) guitar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) popcorn
3. 3.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) spider
5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
7. 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
8. 8.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) girl
11. 11.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
12. 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) turtle
14. 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
15. 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) girl
17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) first (c) unicorn
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) star
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) thermometer
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) hammer
22. 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
23. 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) circus
26. 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
27. 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
28. 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) popcorn
30. 30.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) butter
32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) hammer
34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
35. 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
37. 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
38. 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
39. 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar

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