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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 376 · 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) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) circle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) fork
  5. 5.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  7. 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
  9. 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  10. 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  11. 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) torch
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) thermometer
  14. 14.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) turkey
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) guitar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) bird
  19. 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) turkey
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) first
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) girl
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) dart
  24. 24.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  26. 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
  29. 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) tarch (c) torch
  30. 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  32. 32.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) turtle
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) third
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) star
  37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  38. 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  40. 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

Answer key

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

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