R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 560 · 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 “er”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) thermometer
2. 2.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
3. 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
4. 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
5. 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
7. 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
9. 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) burger
11. 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
13. 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) torch
15. 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
17. 17.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
18. 18.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
19. 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
20. 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) car
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) tiger
23. 23.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) first (c) turtle
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) paper
26. 26.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) scarf
30. 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
31. 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
33. 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
35. 35.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) turkey
37. 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
38. 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
40. 40.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

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