← R-controlled vowels lesson New set →

R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 306 · 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 has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) corn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) bird
  3. 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) paper
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) turkey
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) spider (c) turtle
  7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
  8. 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  9. 9.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  10. 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  11. 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) torch
  14. 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
  16. 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
  17. 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  19. 19.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) first (c) ladder
  21. 21.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turtle
  23. 23.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) girl
  26. 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  27. 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  29. 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) car (c) turtle
  31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) bird
  33. 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) fork
  35. 35.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  36. 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  37. 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) first (c) popcorn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) girl

Answer key

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

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