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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 197 · 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 is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
  2. 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) butter (c) circus
  6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  8. 8.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) ladder
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) yarn
  11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) turtle
  14. 14.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  17. 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  18. 18.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
  19. 19.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) car
  21. 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) girl
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) girl
  24. 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) turkey
  26. 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) torch
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) bird
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) yarn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  33. 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) purple
  35. 35.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) bird
  37. 37.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) flower
  39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple

Answer key

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

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