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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 269 · 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 “er”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) guitar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) star
  3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) hammer
  5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
  6. 6.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  7. 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) tiger
  9. 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  10. 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  11. 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) car (c) turkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) torch
  14. 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
  15. 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) hammer
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) third
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) circle
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
  20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  24. 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) bird
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) thermometer
  27. 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) flower (c) girl
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) car
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) corn
  31. 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) butter
  33. 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) yarn
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) dart
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) yarn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) fork

Answer key

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

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