R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 905 · 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 “er”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) spider
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) burger
3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) girl
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) third (c) car
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) bird
6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) torch
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) fork
8. 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
9. 9.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
10. 10.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) unicorn
12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
13. 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
14. 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
15. 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
16. 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
17. 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) turkey
19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) car (c) unicorn
20. 20.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) yarn
23. 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
24. 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
25. 25.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) third
28. 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
29. 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
30. 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
31. 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) dart
33. 33.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
34. 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) first (c) corn
36. 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) shark
38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) yarn
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) ladder

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