R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 350 · 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 “ar”? (a) star (b) spider (c) third
2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
3. 3.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
5. 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
6. 6.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
7. 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
8. 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) ladder
10. 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) torch
12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) bird
13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) car (c) thermometer
15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) first (c) turkey
16. 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) first
18. 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) girl (c) popcorn
20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) spider
21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) turtle
23. 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
24. 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
25. 25.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) third (c) fork
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) burger
28. 28.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) fork
30. 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
31. 31.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
35. 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) burger
37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) ladder (c) unicorn
38. 38.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) popcorn

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