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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 25 · 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 “or”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) first
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) girl
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) tiger
  4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) star
  6. 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) computer (c) star
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) bird
  9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scerf
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) girl
  12. 12.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) torch
  14. 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  16. 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) girl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) dart
  19. 19.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  21. 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  24. 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  26. 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
  27. 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) first
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) butter
  30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  31. 31.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  32. 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) dart
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) shark
  37. 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) circus
  40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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