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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 433 · 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 “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) burger
  2. 2.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
  3. 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) butter
  5. 5.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  6. 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  7. 7.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) spider
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) yarn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) flower
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) ladder
  13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  16. 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) third
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) hammer
  19. 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) guitar
  21. 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) turkey
  24. 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) shark
  26. 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) jar
  28. 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) bird (c) purple
  30. 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  31. 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
  33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) purple
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) star
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) fork
  40. 40.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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