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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 512 · 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) fork (b) circle (c) scarf
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) popcorn
  3. 3.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) turtle
  6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  8. 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  9. 9.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) third
  11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) ladder
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) star (c) burger
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) flower
  15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) third
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) shark
  18. 18.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
  19. 19.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  20. 20.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  21. 21.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  22. 22.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) guitar
  24. 24.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  25. 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  26. 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) guitar
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) jar
  30. 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) unicorn
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) yarn (c) burger
  34. 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) burger
  36. 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
  37. 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) bird
  39. 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  40. 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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