← R-controlled vowels lesson New set →

R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 586 · 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) purple (b) hammer (c) circle
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  3. 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  4. 4.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) hammer (c) scarf
  6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  7. 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) guitar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) ladder
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) unicorn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) purple
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) circle
  13. 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) fork
  15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) corn (c) burger
  18. 18.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  19. 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) paper
  21. 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) popcorn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) third
  24. 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) spider
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) circle
  27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  28. 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) shark
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) corn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) circus
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) fork
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  35. 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) torch
  37. 37.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  38. 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  39. 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) first

Answer key

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

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