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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 336 · 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 “ar”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) shark
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) first (c) turkey
  3. 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  4. 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) unicorn
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) third
  7. 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) torch
  9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
  10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
  11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  13. 13.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  14. 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  15. 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  16. 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  18. 18.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) circus
  20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) paper
  22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) butter
  25. 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  26. 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) star (c) torch
  28. 28.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) first (c) spider
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) star (c) girl
  32. 32.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) first
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) turkey
  36. 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) car (c) butter
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) corn
  39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) corn (c) thermometer

Answer key

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

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