R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 8 · 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 “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) car
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) burger (c) fork
3. 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
4. 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) popcorn
6. 6.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) purple
8. 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) third (c) burger
11. 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) scarf
13. 13.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
14. 14.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
17. 17.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) paper
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) scarf
20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) popcorn
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) hammer (c) corn
22. 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
23. 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) girl
25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) dart
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) corn
27. 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
28. 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
29. 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
30. 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
31. 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) turkey
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) car
34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
35. 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) circle
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) girl
39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
40. 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch

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