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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 390 · 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) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) first (c) ladder
  4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
  5. 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) burger
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circus (c) guitar
  8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  9. 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) ladder
  11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) third (c) popcorn
  13. 13.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) fork
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) flower
  17. 17.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  18. 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) corn
  21. 21.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
  22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) girl
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) jar
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  26. 26.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) star
  28. 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  29. 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
  30. 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) yarn
  32. 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  36. 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) hammer (c) third
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) shark
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) shark
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) torch

Answer key

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

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