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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 120 · 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.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) spider
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) tiger
  4. 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  5. 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) third (c) shark
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) turtle
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) bird
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) turtle
  10. 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) popcorn
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) purple
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) car
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) fork
  16. 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) star
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) circus
  19. 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) third (c) dart
  22. 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  23. 23.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) bird
  27. 27.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  28. 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) corn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) turtle
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  33. 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) car (c) spider
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) corn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) torch
  37. 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  38. 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) yarn

Answer key

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

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