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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 382 · 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) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  2. 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) turkey
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) fork
  6. 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) spider (c) corn
  8. 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) circus
  11. 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  12. 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
  13. 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  14. 14.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) star
  16. 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  17. 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) turtle
  19. 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  21. 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) burger
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) scarf
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) first (c) ladder
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) car
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) circus
  28. 28.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  31. 31.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  32. 32.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) corn
  34. 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) circus
  36. 36.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) star
  38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  39. 39.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car

Answer key

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

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