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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 327 · 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.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) burger
  4. 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) jar
  7. 7.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) spider
  9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) yarn
  11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) computer
  13. 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
  14. 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) first
  16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  17. 17.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) shark
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) butter
  21. 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  23. 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
  26. 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) jar
  28. 28.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) dart
  30. 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) popcorn
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  38. 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  40. 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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