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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 253 · 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.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) turkey
  3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) computer
  5. 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  6. 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) car (c) corn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) turtle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) computer
  10. 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) third
  12. 12.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) turkey
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) fork
  15. 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) fork
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) bird
  20. 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  21. 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  22. 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
  23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) guitar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) burger
  26. 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) guitar
  28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  29. 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
  31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) fork
  34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  35. 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
  36. 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  37. 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  38. 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  40. 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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