R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 911 · 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.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) purple
4. 4.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) girl (c) burger
6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) hammer
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) scarf
8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) ladder
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
10. 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
11. 11.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) jar
13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
14. 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
15. 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
17. 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) corn (c) star
19. 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) circus
22. 22.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
23. 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) scarf
25. 25.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) bird
27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) shark
29. 29.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
30. 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
31. 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) car
33. 33.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
35. 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
36. 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
38. 38.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) car
40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

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