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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 168 · 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 is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  2. 2.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) dart
  4. 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  5. 5.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  6. 6.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) third
  8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) turtle
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) computer
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) butter (c) torch
  12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) car
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) corn
  15. 15.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) purple
  17. 17.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) yarn
  19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  20. 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  23. 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  24. 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
  27. 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) turkey
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) car (c) unicorn
  31. 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) turkey
  33. 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) girl
  35. 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  36. 36.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  37. 37.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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