R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 580 · 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) thermometer (b) torch (c) girl
2. 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) scarf
4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) turkey
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) butter
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) burger
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) unicorn
9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) corn
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) purple
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) tiger
13. 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
14. 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
15. 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
16. 16.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
17. 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) third
19. 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
20. 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) third
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) ladder
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) jar
28. 28.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) corn
34. 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
35. 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) fork
37. 37.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) circus
39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer

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