R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 640 · 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) girl (b) turkey (c) unicorn
2. 2.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) circle
5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
6. 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) ladder
8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) corn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) yarn
11. 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
12. 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
13. 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
14. 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) circle
16. 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
17. 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) ladder
20. 20.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) burger
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) torch
23. 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
24. 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
25. 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
27. 27.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) yarn
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) scarf
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) circle
31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) star
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) butter
36. 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
38. 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

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