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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 180 · 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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) yarn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) purple
  5. 5.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) purple
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) first (c) thermometer
  9. 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) purple
  11. 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  14. 14.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  17. 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  19. 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) fork (c) burger
  21. 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  22. 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) car (c) turkey
  24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  25. 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) popcorn
  28. 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
  29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) car
  31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  32. 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  33. 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  35. 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) jar
  37. 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) popcorn
  39. 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  40. 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort

Answer key

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

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