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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 192 · 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 “ir”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) dart
  2. 2.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) turkey
  4. 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  5. 5.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  7. 7.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) torch
  9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) star
  12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) yarn
  14. 14.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) burger
  16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  17. 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  18. 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) fork
  21. 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) turtle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) star (c) hammer
  25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) flower
  27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  28. 28.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) turtle
  32. 32.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) flower
  35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) fork
  38. 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  39. 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  40. 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

Answer key

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

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