R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 653 · 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 is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
2. 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) guitar
5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) unicorn
7. 7.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
9. 9.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) corn
11. 11.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) flower (c) popcorn
14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
15. 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) girl
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) bird
18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) thermometer
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
22. 22.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) car
24. 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) circle
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) paper
27. 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) purple
29. 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) fork
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) turkey
32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) car
34. 34.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
36. 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
38. 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
39. 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

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