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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 145 · 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) fork (b) circle (c) turtle
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  3. 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  4. 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  5. 5.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  7. 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  8. 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
  9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
  14. 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) circle
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) scarf
  17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  18. 18.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) guitar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) purple
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) star (c) burger
  22. 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) bird
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) computer
  25. 25.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) ladder
  27. 27.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) bird
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) flower
  31. 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  32. 32.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) unicorn
  34. 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) turtle
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) flower
  37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  38. 38.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  40. 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

Answer key

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

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