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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 292 · 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) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) flower
  3. 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) unicorn
  5. 5.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  6. 6.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
  7. 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) butter
  10. 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
  13. 13.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) circle
  15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  16. 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) purple
  18. 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) shark
  22. 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) dart
  24. 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
  26. 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  28. 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
  30. 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) spider (c) car
  33. 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  34. 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) first (c) guitar
  37. 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) hammer
  39. 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) turkey

Answer key

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

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