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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 267 · 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.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) spider (c) popcorn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) popcorn
  5. 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) torch
  8. 8.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  9. 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) star (c) turtle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) paper
  13. 13.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  15. 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) flower
  18. 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) unicorn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) scarf
  21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  22. 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
  23. 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) first
  25. 25.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  27. 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  28. 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) star (c) corn
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) guitar
  31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  32. 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) fork
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) car (c) corn
  35. 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  36. 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) circle
  39. 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) turtle

Answer key

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

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