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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 205 · 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.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) purple
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) circle
  5. 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
  6. 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  8. 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  9. 9.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  10. 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) turkey
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) girl
  13. 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) third (c) jar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) guitar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) car
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) star (c) popcorn
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) dart
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) torch
  20. 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) ladder
  22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) torch
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) girl
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) circus
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) paper
  27. 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) girl
  30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) corn
  32. 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) butter
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  36. 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
  38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  40. 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

Answer key

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

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