R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 516 · 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.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) purple
3. 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) purple
5. 5.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) torch
7. 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) first
9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) computer
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) corn
12. 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) car (c) circus
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) first
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) burger
17. 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
18. 18.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) star
20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
23. 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
24. 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
25. 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
26. 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
27. 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) scarf (c) circus
30. 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) yarn (c) fork
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) spider
34. 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
36. 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
37. 37.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
38. 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar

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