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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 307 · 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 “or”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) burger
  2. 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) girl
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) torch
  5. 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) turkey
  7. 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) star
  9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) purple
  11. 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) torch
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) third (c) turtle
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) computer (c) turtle
  15. 15.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) circle
  17. 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) car
  19. 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  21. 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  22. 22.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  25. 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  26. 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
  27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  29. 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  31. 31.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) turkey
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) car
  34. 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  35. 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  36. 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  37. 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) burger

Answer key

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

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