R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 629 · 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 has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) torch (c) thermometer
3. 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) dart
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) butter (c) fork
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) spider
7. 7.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
8. 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
10. 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) yarn
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) star (c) first
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) corn (c) turkey
16. 16.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
18. 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) first (c) fork
20. 20.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) third
22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
23. 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
24. 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
25. 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) scarf
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) butter
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) circle
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) first
31. 31.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
33. 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
34. 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) yarn
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) bird (c) paper
37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) bird
38. 38.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
39. 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
40. 40.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar

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