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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 450 · 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 is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) torch
  4. 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  5. 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) girl
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) computer
  10. 10.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  11. 11.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  12. 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  13. 13.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  14. 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  15. 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  16. 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) first (c) car
  18. 18.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) butter
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) flower
  21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
  22. 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) fork
  25. 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  26. 26.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) turkey
  28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  29. 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  31. 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) jar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) thermometer
  36. 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
  37. 37.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) car
  39. 39.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger

Answer key

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

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