R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 81 · 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.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
2. 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) third
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) turkey
5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) first
7. 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
8. 8.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) fork (c) circus
10. 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) torch
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) girl
13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) girl
17. 17.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
18. 18.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) turtle
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) ladder
21. 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
22. 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
23. 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
24. 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
25. 25.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
26. 26.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) burger
28. 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
29. 29.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) jar
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) spider
32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) car
34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) spider
35. 35.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
37. 37.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
38. 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) paper (c) yarn

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