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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 264 · 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) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) paper
  3. 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
  4. 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  5. 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  7. 7.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  8. 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) turtle
  11. 11.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  16. 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) popcorn
  18. 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) yarn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) third
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) thermometer
  22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  23. 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) ladder
  26. 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) yarn
  28. 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  30. 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) flower
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) guitar
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) thermometer
  37. 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circus
  40. 40.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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