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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 130 · 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) circus (b) burger (c) tiger
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) spider (c) fork
  3. 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  5. 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) third
  8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) bird
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) jar
  11. 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
  12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  13. 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  14. 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
  15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  16. 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  17. 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) torch
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) first
  20. 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) fork
  22. 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  23. 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) third
  25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  26. 26.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  27. 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
  28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) computer (c) unicorn
  30. 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
  31. 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  33. 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  34. 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  35. 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) purple
  37. 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  39. 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) car (c) fork

Answer key

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

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