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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 399 · 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 “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) first
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) purple
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) corn
  4. 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) fork
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) car (c) burger
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) spider
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) first
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) turtle
  10. 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) scarf
  13. 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) corn
  15. 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  16. 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  17. 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) fork
  19. 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) scarf
  21. 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  22. 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
  23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) corn
  25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) girl
  27. 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) car (c) third
  29. 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
  30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  31. 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) girl
  33. 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  36. 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  37. 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  38. 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  39. 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) unicorn

Answer key

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

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