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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 189 · 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 “ar”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) corn
  2. 2.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) third
  4. 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  7. 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) first
  9. 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  10. 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  11. 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  12. 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  13. 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) burger (c) popcorn
  15. 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) girl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) turtle
  19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) dart
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) shark
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) scarf
  25. 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) car
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) car
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) star
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) paper
  30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) paper
  32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  34. 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  35. 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) hammer
  37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  38. 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) fork
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) popcorn

Answer key

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

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