R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 550 · 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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
3. 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) star
6. 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) third
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) girl
9. 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
10. 10.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) ladder
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) hammer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) guitar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) yarn
15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) computer
17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
18. 18.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) car
20. 20.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
21. 21.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
23. 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
25. 25.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
27. 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) girl
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) corn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) guitar
31. 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) fork
34. 34.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) yarn
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) turtle
37. 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) bird
39. 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger

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