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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 116 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) fork
  2. 2.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
  3. 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  4. 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) dart
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) car
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) turtle
  9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  10. 10.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) girl
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) car
  13. 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  14. 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
  15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  16. 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  18. 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) yarn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) turkey
  21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) corn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) burger
  24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) dart
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) girl
  27. 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) butter
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) yarn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) bird
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) third
  33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  34. 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) unicorn
  36. 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  37. 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  39. 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) yarn

Answer key

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

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