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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 511 · 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) popcorn (b) circle (c) car
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) circle
  5. 5.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) hammer
  7. 7.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) dart
  10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) butter
  12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) torch
  14. 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) first
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) torch
  17. 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  18. 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) guitar
  20. 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) bird
  23. 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turkey
  25. 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) car
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) tiger
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) computer
  29. 29.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  32. 32.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  33. 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  35. 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) bird
  37. 37.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) third

Answer key

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

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