R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 780 · 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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) torch
3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) purple
5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) scarf
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) first
8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
9. 9.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
10. 10.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) bird
13. 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) shark
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) shark (c) purple
16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
17. 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) guitar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) circus
20. 20.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) shark
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) bird
23. 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) girl
25. 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) first
27. 27.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) shark
29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
30. 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
31. 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) car
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) spider (c) third
35. 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
36. 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
38. 38.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) popcorn
40. 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

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