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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 424 · 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_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  2. 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
  5. 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) car
  7. 7.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) burger
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) purple
  11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  13. 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) computer
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) computer (c) turtle
  16. 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) turtle
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) torch
  19. 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  20. 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) dart
  22. 22.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
  24. 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
  25. 25.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) fork
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circus (c) corn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) car
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) unicorn
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) guitar
  31. 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) circle
  34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  35. 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) tiger
  37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) first (c) star
  40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

Answer key

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

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