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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 232 · 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) girl (b) guitar (c) turtle
  2. 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  3. 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) flower (c) torch
  6. 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circle (c) fork
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) tiger
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) turtle
  13. 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) third
  15. 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  19. 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) shark
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) burger
  22. 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  23. 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  25. 25.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  26. 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  27. 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) circus
  29. 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) burger
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) third
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) popcorn
  34. 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  35. 35.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  37. 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) computer
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) bird
  40. 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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