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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 448 · 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 “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) guitar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) burger (c) shark
  3. 3.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) paper
  6. 6.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) turtle
  8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) purple
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) torch
  11. 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
  13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) ladder
  15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  16. 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) butter
  18. 18.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
  20. 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) spider
  23. 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
  24. 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  26. 26.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  29. 29.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) car (c) ladder
  31. 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  32. 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) fork
  36. 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  37. 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  38. 38.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  39. 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) shark (c) thermometer

Answer key

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

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