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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 341 · 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) turtle (b) guitar (c) flower
  2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) guitar (c) fork
  4. 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) shark
  6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  8. 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) thermometer
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) yarn
  11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  12. 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) corn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) car
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) unicorn
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) hammer
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) hammer
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
  19. 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  20. 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  21. 21.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) tiger
  25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) burger (c) third
  28. 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
  29. 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) star (c) popcorn
  31. 31.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  32. 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) circle
  34. 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) computer (c) corn
  36. 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  38. 38.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  39. 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

Answer key

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

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