R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 959 · 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.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
2. 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) corn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) turkey
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) spider
6. 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) popcorn
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) car
9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
10. 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) third (c) torch
12. 12.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
13. 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
14. 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
15. 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
16. 16.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
18. 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
19. 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
20. 20.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) star
22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) first (c) yarn
23. 23.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) spider
26. 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) torch
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) burger
32. 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
33. 33.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
34. 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
37. 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) torch
40. 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

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