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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 201 · 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 “ur”? (a) first (b) dart (c) purple
  2. 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) car (c) first
  4. 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) torch
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) torch
  7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) car
  9. 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  10. 10.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
  11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  14. 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  16. 16.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) circle
  18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  19. 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  20. 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  21. 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circle
  23. 23.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) flower (c) jar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) burger
  26. 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circle
  30. 30.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  32. 32.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) turkey
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) car (c) bird
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) corn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turtle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) circus
  38. 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) popcorn
  40. 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur

Answer key

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

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