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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 184 · 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 “or”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) corn
  2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) shark (c) hammer
  4. 4.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) star
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) dart (c) fork
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) car
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) popcorn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  11. 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) first
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) scarf
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) unicorn (c) bird
  18. 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  19. 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) car
  21. 21.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  22. 22.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) turkey
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) circus
  27. 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
  28. 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) fork
  30. 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  31. 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  33. 33.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  34. 34.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) tiger
  36. 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  37. 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  38. 38.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) yarn
  40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor

Answer key

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

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