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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 319 · 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) turtle (b) star (c) circus
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) third
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) hammer
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) spider (c) circle
  7. 7.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  9. 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) hammer
  11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  12. 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) car
  14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) paper
  16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  20. 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  22. 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  26. 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) tiger
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) turtle
  29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) first
  32. 32.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  33. 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) third
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) first
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) bird
  37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circus
  40. 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart

Answer key

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

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