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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 384 · 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) car (b) hammer (c) unicorn
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  3. 3.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) car
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) tiger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) unicorn
  7. 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  9. 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) first
  11. 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) turkey
  13. 13.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) fork (c) circus
  17. 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  19. 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) hammer
  21. 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) purple
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) shark
  26. 26.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  27. 27.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  28. 28.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) dart
  30. 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circle (c) burger
  32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) flower
  34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  35. 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) spider (c) fork
  37. 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) paper
  40. 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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