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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 317 · 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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  2. 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  3. 3.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
  4. 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) dart
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) popcorn
  7. 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
  9. 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) flower
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circle
  13. 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) unicorn
  15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  16. 16.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) burger
  19. 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) turkey
  21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) scarf
  23. 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) dart
  25. 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) burger
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) scarf (c) girl
  28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  29. 29.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) hammer
  32. 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) popcorn
  34. 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) ladder
  36. 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  37. 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) popcorn
  40. 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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