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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 351 · 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) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  2. 2.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) popcorn
  4. 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  5. 5.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
  6. 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  7. 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) third
  10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  11. 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  12. 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) torch
  15. 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) fork
  17. 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) thermometer (c) turkey
  19. 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
  20. 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  22. 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) burger
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) circle
  25. 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  26. 26.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) turkey
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) turtle
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) torch
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) unicorn
  32. 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) butter
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) burger
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  36. 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) star (c) paper
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) purple
  39. 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger

Answer key

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

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