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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 250 · 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 is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  2. 2.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
  3. 3.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  5. 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) computer
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circus
  8. 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  9. 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) first
  11. 11.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) bird
  13. 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) scarf
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) purple
  17. 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  19. 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) yarn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) thermometer
  22. 22.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  23. 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) tiger
  25. 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) purple
  27. 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) guitar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) butter
  31. 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  32. 32.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  33. 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) turkey
  35. 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) corn
  37. 37.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
  38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  39. 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) fork

Answer key

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

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