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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 378 · 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 “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) corn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) purple
  3. 3.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  4. 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) first
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) tiger
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) girl
  10. 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  11. 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  12. 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  13. 13.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  14. 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) first (c) spider
  16. 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  17. 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  19. 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) first
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) circus
  22. 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) car
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) shark
  25. 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  26. 26.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  28. 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  29. 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) car (c) fork
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) unicorn
  32. 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  34. 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) guitar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) paper
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) third
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) burger
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) girl

Answer key

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

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