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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 46 · 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 “or”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  2. 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) first (c) burger
  4. 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) circus
  6. 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  7. 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  9. 9.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
  13. 13.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) fork
  15. 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) unicorn
  17. 17.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) shark
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) circus
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) popcorn
  21. 21.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) jar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) spider
  24. 24.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) corn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) third
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) paper
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) fork
  29. 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) fork
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) car
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) hammer
  33. 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) car
  36. 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
  38. 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  39. 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) computer

Answer key

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

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