← R-controlled vowels lesson New set →

R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 313 · 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) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) star (c) tiger
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) paper
  4. 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) hammer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) turkey
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) shark
  11. 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  12. 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) spider
  14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  15. 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  16. 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  17. 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) computer (c) unicorn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) circus
  21. 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
  22. 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  25. 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) purple
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) dart
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  30. 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) purple
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) torch
  33. 33.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) popcorn
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) burger
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) hammer

Answer key

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

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