R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 808 · 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) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) turkey
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) corn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turkey
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) star
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) scarf
8. 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
9. 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) thermometer (c) burger
12. 12.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) star
14. 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) turtle
18. 18.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) bird
20. 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
22. 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
23. 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
24. 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
25. 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) third
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) hammer
28. 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) turtle
30. 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
32. 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
33. 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) guitar
35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
36. 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) burger
38. 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
39. 39.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
40. 40.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

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