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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 34 · 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 “er”? (a) bird (b) car (c) flower
  2. 2.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
  5. 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) shark
  7. 7.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  8. 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) third
  11. 11.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  12. 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  15. 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) computer
  17. 17.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  18. 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  19. 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  20. 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) star
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) fork
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) third
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) first (c) guitar
  25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) star
  27. 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) bird
  30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) star (c) popcorn
  32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  35. 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) turkey
  37. 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  38. 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) fork

Answer key

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

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