← R-controlled vowels lesson New set →

R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 304 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  3. 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) scarf
  5. 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  6. 6.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
  7. 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) first
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) yarn
  10. 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
  11. 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) thermometer
  14. 14.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) girl
  16. 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
  18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) spider
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) third
  21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) purple
  23. 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  24. 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  25. 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  27. 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) star (c) turtle
  30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  31. 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  32. 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) unicorn
  34. 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  36. 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) first
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) shark (c) bird
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) circus
  40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger

Answer key

  1. paper
  2. or
  3. or
  4. fork
  5. fork
  6. shark
  7. first
  8. paper
  9. yarn
  10. guitar
  11. er
  12. computer
  13. dart
  14. ir
  15. girl
  16. er
  17. unicorn
  18. ar
  19. shark
  20. third
  21. ur
  22. purple
  23. star
  24. turkey
  25. ir
  26. circus
  27. bird
  28. ar
  29. star
  30. or
  31. yarn
  32. popcorn
  33. unicorn
  34. butter
  35. turtle
  36. girl
  37. first
  38. bird
  39. circus
  40. burger

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