R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 581 · 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.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
2. 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
3. 3.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
4. 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
5. 5.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
6. 6.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) turkey
8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
9. 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) flower (c) popcorn
11. 11.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
15. 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
16. 16.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
18. 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
19. 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) butter
22. 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
23. 23.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
25. 25.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
27. 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) turtle
29. 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
30. 30.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
32. 32.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) guitar
34. 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) popcorn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) bird
38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
39. 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
40. 40.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

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