R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets

Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 6 · 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) circus (b) purple (c) jar
2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) turtle
3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) dart
6. 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) car
8. 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) unicorn
10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) burger
11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
12. 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) corn
15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) dart
16. 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
17. 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
18. 18.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) hammer
20. 20.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
21. 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
22. 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) unicorn
25. 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
26. 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
27. 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
28. 28.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) third
30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) car
31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) butter
32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) bird
33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) spider
34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
36. 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) computer
38. 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) hammer
40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple

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