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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 339 · 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) cor (b) car (c) cir
  2. 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) first (c) car
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  5. 5.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) shark
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) tiger
  9. 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) burger
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) corn (c) ladder
  13. 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) purple
  15. 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) popcorn
  20. 20.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) butter
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) spider (c) torch
  23. 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
  24. 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) unicorn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) girl
  29. 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) scarf
  31. 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  32. 32.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  35. 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
  36. 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  37. 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) star
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) jar (c) burger
  40. 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

Answer key

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

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