R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 97 · 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 is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
2. 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
3. 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
4. 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
5. 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
6. 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
7. 7.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) purple (c) star
10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) shark
11. 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
12. 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
14. 14.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
15. 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
16. 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) dart
18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) computer
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) computer
20. 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
21. 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
22. 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
23. 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
24. 24.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
25. 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
26. 26.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) yarn
28. 28.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
29. 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
30. 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) shark
32. 32.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) corn
34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) star (c) flower
35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) fork (c) purple
36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
37. 37.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) popcorn

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