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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 132 · 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.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  2. 2.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
  3. 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
  4. 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
  5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) paper
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) corn
  10. 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  11. 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) circus
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) flower
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) corn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) star
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) car
  17. 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  18. 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  19. 19.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  20. 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  21. 21.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  22. 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  23. 23.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) turtle
  25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) dart
  27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) computer
  29. 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
  30. 30.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) hammer
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  35. 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  36. 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  37. 37.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) corn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) fork
  40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl

Answer key

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

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