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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 481 · 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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) torch
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) spider
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) scarf
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) unicorn
  7. 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) guitar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) computer
  10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  11. 11.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circle (c) flower
  15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  16. 16.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) ladder
  18. 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) circus
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
  21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  23. 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  25. 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) first
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) third
  28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) third
  30. 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) star (c) fork
  32. 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) butter
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) jar (c) burger
  35. 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) corn
  37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) fork
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl

Answer key

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

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