R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 967 · 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 “or”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) circus
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) guitar
3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) corn
4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) butter
5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) shark
6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
7. 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
10. 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) thermometer
12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) ladder
13. 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
14. 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) computer
16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
17. 17.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
18. 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
20. 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) third
23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
25. 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) unicorn
27. 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
29. 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) circle
31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) butter
32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
34. 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) girl
36. 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) unicorn
38. 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
39. 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) fork

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