R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 881 · 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) curn (b) corn (c) carn
2. 2.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
4. 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
5. 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
7. 7.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
8. 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
10. 10.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) fork
12. 12.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) car (c) purple
14. 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
15. 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) jar (c) fork
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) burger (c) fork
18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) burger
20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) fork
22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) spider
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) turkey
27. 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
28. 28.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) butter
30. 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
31. 31.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) spider
33. 33.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
34. 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) fork
36. 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
38. 38.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
39. 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey

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