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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 256 · 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 “ir”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) first
  2. 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) spider
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) car
  7. 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) hammer
  9. 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  11. 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) girl
  14. 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  15. 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) circle
  18. 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
  19. 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  20. 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) corn (c) paper
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) guitar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) tiger
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) third
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) paper
  26. 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  28. 28.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  29. 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  30. 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  31. 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  33. 33.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) butter
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) paper (c) yarn
  36. 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) computer
  38. 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  39. 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  40. 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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