R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 570 · 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 is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) yarn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) circus
4. 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) first (c) turtle
6. 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
7. 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) circle (c) turkey
9. 9.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) car
11. 11.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
18. 18.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) tiger
20. 20.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) guitar
22. 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
23. 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
26. 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) yarn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) car
31. 31.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) popcorn
34. 34.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) ladder
36. 36.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
37. 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) thermometer
39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) circus

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