R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 735 · 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 “ir”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) circle
2. 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
4. 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
5. 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) third (c) scarf
7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) turkey
9. 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) purple
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) turtle
12. 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) computer
14. 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) corn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) scarf
17. 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) fork
19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) third (c) corn
21. 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
22. 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) jar
24. 24.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
26. 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) purple
28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
29. 29.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) turkey
31. 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
33. 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
35. 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) yarn
38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
39. 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) fork

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