R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 59 · 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 “ur”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) bird
2. 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) purple
4. 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
5. 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
9. 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) turtle
11. 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
12. 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) scarf
14. 14.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) corn
16. 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) dart
18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
19. 19.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
20. 20.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
21. 21.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
22. 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
23. 23.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
24. 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) star (c) flower
27. 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
28. 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) car (c) fork
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) thermometer
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) girl
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) star
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) popcorn
35. 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) turtle
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) third (c) popcorn
38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) butter
39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
40. 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or

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