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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 291 · 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) furk (b) fark (c) fork
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) popcorn
  3. 3.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  5. 5.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) girl
  7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) star (c) unicorn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) circle
  10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) girl
  12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) car
  15. 15.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
  16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) circus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) torch
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  21. 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) spider
  23. 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  24. 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
  26. 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  29. 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  31. 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) computer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) jar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) first
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) computer
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) butter
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) turkey
  39. 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster

Answer key

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

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