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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 241 · 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 “er”? (a) third (b) torch (c) paper
  2. 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  3. 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  5. 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) guitar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) flower
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) computer
  9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) girl
  12. 12.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  13. 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
  14. 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) purple
  16. 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) burger
  20. 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) fork
  22. 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  24. 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
  26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  27. 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  28. 28.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) paper
  30. 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) first
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) spider
  34. 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) hammer
  37. 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  39. 39.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
  40. 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle

Answer key

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

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