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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 507 · 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) spider (b) yarn (c) popcorn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) jar
  3. 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  4. 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) turkey
  6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  8. 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  10. 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  11. 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) purple
  13. 13.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  14. 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) turtle
  16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) butter
  18. 18.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) popcorn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) fork
  21. 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) first (c) turtle
  25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) first (c) computer
  28. 28.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) computer
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) jar
  31. 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  32. 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) bird
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) third
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) third (c) flower
  36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  37. 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  38. 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
  39. 39.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) turtle

Answer key

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

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