R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 775 · 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) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
2. 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) bird
6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
7. 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
8. 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
9. 9.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) hammer
11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) dart
14. 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turkey
17. 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) hammer
19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
20. 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) torch
22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) third
23. 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
24. 24.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
26. 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
27. 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) car (c) bird
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) shark
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) girl
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) bird
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
33. 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
34. 34.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
35. 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
36. 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) unicorn
39. 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
40. 40.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn

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