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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 332 · 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) jar (b) purple (c) third
  2. 2.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) flower
  5. 5.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
  6. 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) jar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) torch (c) turtle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) fork
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) yarn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) jar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) butter
  13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  14. 14.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) burger
  16. 16.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) car
  19. 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) paper (c) circus
  21. 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  22. 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  26. 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  28. 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) star
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) dart
  31. 31.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  33. 33.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
  34. 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) corn
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) scarf
  39. 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer

Answer key

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

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