R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 160 · 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 “ur”? (a) star (b) circus (c) turkey
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) circus
3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
4. 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
5. 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
6. 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) torch
8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) corn
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) circle
10. 10.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) car (c) popcorn
12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) guitar
14. 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
15. 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) jar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) popcorn
18. 18.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) circle
21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) first (c) flower
22. 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) girl
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) scarf
25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) ladder
27. 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
28. 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) yarn
30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) car
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) paper
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) tiger
33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) star
34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) jar
36. 36.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
39. 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) unicorn

Free phonics lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/phonics-for-kids