← R-controlled vowels lesson New set →

R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 548 · 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) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) flower
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) first (c) guitar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) scarf
  6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) purple
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turkey
  9. 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  11. 11.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) circle
  14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  17. 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  18. 18.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  19. 19.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  20. 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) butter (c) popcorn
  22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  23. 23.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) spider
  25. 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) guitar
  27. 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  28. 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) ladder
  32. 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  34. 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  35. 35.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) butter
  38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) torch

Answer key

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

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