R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 56 · 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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) paper
4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
5. 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
7. 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
8. 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) turtle
10. 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
11. 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) yarn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) fork
14. 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
15. 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
16. 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) thermometer
18. 18.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) turtle
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) dart
21. 21.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) star (c) popcorn
24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
27. 27.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) first (c) popcorn
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) unicorn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) unicorn
31. 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
33. 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
34. 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) girl
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) star (c) bird
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) popcorn
38. 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) torch
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) car

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