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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 316 · 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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circle
  3. 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
  4. 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) circus
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) thermometer
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) turkey
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) guitar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) first
  11. 11.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) bird
  13. 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) computer
  15. 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) purple
  17. 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  18. 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) turtle
  20. 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  22. 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) dart
  24. 24.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) fork
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) scarf
  29. 29.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) torch
  31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) purple
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) jar (c) butter
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) first (c) turkey
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turkey
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) corn
  37. 37.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  38. 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) corn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) thermometer

Answer key

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

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