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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 309 · 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 “ur”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) turtle
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) burger
  3. 3.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) turkey
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) fork
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) corn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) flower (c) torch
  8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  9. 9.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  10. 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  14. 14.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) unicorn
  16. 16.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
  17. 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) fork
  20. 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
  21. 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) unicorn
  28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) car (c) purple
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) guitar
  31. 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  32. 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) jar (c) flower
  34. 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) fork
  37. 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  38. 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  39. 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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