R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 72 · 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 “er”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
3. 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
5. 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
6. 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) turkey
8. 8.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
9. 9.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) bird
12. 12.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) shark
14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
15. 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) fork
17. 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) fork
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) spider
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) bird
21. 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
22. 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) purple
24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
25. 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) fork
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) jar
28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) hammer
31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
34. 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
35. 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
36. 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
37. 37.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
38. 38.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) car (c) corn
40. 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter

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