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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 225 · 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) burger (b) shark (c) hammer
  2. 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) paper
  5. 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  8. 8.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) computer
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) first
  11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  12. 12.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) guitar
  14. 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) girl
  16. 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  18. 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  19. 19.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) jar
  21. 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  22. 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  23. 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  24. 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) dart
  26. 26.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) shark (c) butter
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) star
  29. 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) hammer
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) circle
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) guitar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) turkey
  34. 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) turtle
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) first (c) turkey
  37. 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  38. 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) dart
  40. 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt

Answer key

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

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