R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 85 · 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) guitar (b) bird (c) unicorn
2. 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) turtle
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) car
5. 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) star
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) flower
8. 8.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
11. 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
12. 12.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
13. 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
15. 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) unicorn
18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
19. 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
20. 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
22. 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
23. 23.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) burger
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) butter
28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) computer
31. 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) purple
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) burger
34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) bird
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) dart
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) turkey
37. 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
39. 39.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
40. 40.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn

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