R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 727 · 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.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) shark
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) third
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) purple
5. 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) turtle
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) circus
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) circle
9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
10. 10.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
12. 12.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) first
15. 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
17. 17.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) torch
19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) spider
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) corn
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) tiger
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) fork
23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
25. 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) star
27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) guitar
29. 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
31. 31.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
32. 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) shark
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) dart
35. 35.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
36. 36.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) shark
38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
39. 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn

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