R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 953 · 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) turkey (b) yarn (c) girl
2. 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) shark
4. 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) star
6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) guitar
8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
9. 9.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) computer
11. 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
12. 12.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) ladder
14. 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) purple
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) corn
17. 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
18. 18.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) turtle
20. 20.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
22. 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
23. 23.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) tiger
25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) fork
26. 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) guitar
28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) purple
29. 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
31. 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
32. 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
33. 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
34. 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
35. 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) flower
37. 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) first
39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) third

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