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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 409 · 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.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) popcorn
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) dart
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) butter
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) corn
  9. 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  11. 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
  12. 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  14. 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) fork
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) car
  18. 18.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  19. 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  20. 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) turtle
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) shark
  23. 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) star
  25. 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  27. 27.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  28. 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) circle (c) torch
  30. 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circle
  32. 32.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) dart
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) torch
  35. 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  39. 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) bird

Answer key

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

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