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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 488 · 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) butter (b) turtle (c) car
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) corn
  5. 5.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) star (c) unicorn
  9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  10. 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
  11. 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) car
  13. 13.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  15. 15.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  16. 16.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  17. 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) torch
  23. 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  24. 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  25. 25.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
  26. 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
  27. 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  28. 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
  30. 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) first (c) spider
  32. 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) purple
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) girl
  35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) burger
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) computer
  38. 38.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) girl

Answer key

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

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