R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 63 · 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 “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) third
2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) circus
3. 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
4. 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
7. 7.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) burger
9. 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) turkey
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) car (c) tiger
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) jar
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) torch
14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) spider
17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) butter
19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
20. 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
21. 21.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
22. 22.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
23. 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) computer
27. 27.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
29. 29.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) scarf
31. 31.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) purple
33. 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) torch
35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) burger
39. 39.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger

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