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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 290 · 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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) scarf
  3. 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) turtle
  5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  6. 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) turtle
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) ladder
  9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  10. 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
  11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) first
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) third
  14. 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  16. 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  17. 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) thermometer (c) jar
  19. 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  20. 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) bird
  22. 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) flower (c) car
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) guitar
  25. 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) corn
  27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) bird
  29. 29.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) star
  31. 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  32. 32.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) purple
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) butter
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) paper
  37. 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  40. 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

Answer key

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

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