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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 13 · 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 “ur”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) corn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) fork
  3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) jar
  5. 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  7. 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) turtle
  9. 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
  10. 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  11. 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) circle
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) guitar
  14. 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) jar
  16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) unicorn
  18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  19. 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) star (c) spider
  22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) purple
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) thermometer
  25. 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) hammer
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) third
  29. 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
  30. 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) car
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) popcorn
  33. 33.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  36. 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) first
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) car (c) paper
  40. 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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