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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 191 · 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) turtle (b) dart (c) fork
  2. 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) ladder
  4. 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  6. 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) tiger
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) third (c) corn
  9. 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  10. 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  11. 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  12. 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  13. 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) fork
  15. 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) popcorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) first
  18. 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) star
  20. 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  21. 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) bird (c) hammer
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) car
  25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  26. 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  28. 28.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) scarf
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) corn (c) dart
  31. 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  32. 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) unicorn
  34. 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) spider
  36. 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  39. 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) bird

Answer key

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

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