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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 477 · 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) star (b) stor (c) ster
  2. 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) corn
  4. 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  5. 5.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) purple
  7. 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) turkey
  9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) purple
  11. 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) bird
  13. 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) circus
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) bird
  16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) girl
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  19. 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  20. 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  23. 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  24. 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) purple
  26. 26.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
  27. 27.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  28. 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) spider
  30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  31. 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) star (c) popcorn
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) dart
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) star
  35. 35.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) butter
  38. 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) first (c) guitar
  40. 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord

Answer key

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

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