R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 754 · 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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
2. 2.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) fork
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) hammer
5. 5.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
7. 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
8. 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) flower (c) circle
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) third (c) purple
12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
13. 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
15. 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) butter (c) burger
18. 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
19. 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) popcorn
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) shark
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) dart
23. 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) flower
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) third
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) fork
27. 27.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) star
29. 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
32. 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
34. 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) fork (c) tiger
36. 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) purple
38. 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
39. 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) circle

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