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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 39 · 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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  2. 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) car
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) paper
  5. 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) jar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) corn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) computer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) shark
  10. 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) turtle
  12. 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) corn
  14. 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) guitar (c) turtle
  17. 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) purple
  19. 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) spider
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) purple
  24. 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) bird
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) third
  27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) jar (c) turkey
  29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  31. 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) dart
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) star (c) hammer
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) girl
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) corn
  36. 36.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  39. 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple

Answer key

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

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