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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 231 · 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 “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) torch
  2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  3. 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) scarf
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) girl
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) girl
  11. 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  12. 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) car
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) tiger
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) turkey
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) dart
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) first
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) popcorn
  21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  22. 22.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  24. 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  25. 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) butter
  27. 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
  28. 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) star
  30. 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  32. 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  34. 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  35. 35.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) shark
  38. 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) car (c) turkey
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) girl

Answer key

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

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