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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 366 · 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) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
  2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) bird
  6. 6.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) third
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) star
  9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  10. 10.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  11. 11.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) bird
  13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) bird
  16. 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) bird
  18. 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  19. 19.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) turkey
  22. 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) turtle
  24. 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  27. 27.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) flower
  29. 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) spider
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) star
  32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  36. 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  38. 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  39. 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  40. 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar

Answer key

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

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