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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 217 · 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_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  3. 3.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) ladder
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) car
  7. 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) butter
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) car
  10. 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) car (c) unicorn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) tiger
  16. 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  19. 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  20. 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  21. 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  22. 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) butter
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) circus
  25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
  26. 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) girl
  29. 29.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  30. 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) fork
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) thermometer
  33. 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
  34. 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  35. 35.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  36. 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) purple
  38. 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor

Answer key

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

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