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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 328 · 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 is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  2. 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  3. 3.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  5. 5.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
  7. 7.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) turtle
  9. 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) fork
  11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) flower
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) fork
  15. 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  16. 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) turkey
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) fork (c) purple
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) dart
  20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  21. 21.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) tiger
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  25. 25.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) turkey
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) paper
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) scarf
  29. 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) bird
  31. 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) car
  33. 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) car (c) third
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) corn
  36. 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) first
  40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn

Answer key

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

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