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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 528 · 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) paper (b) turtle (c) guitar
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  3. 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) purple
  7. 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) bird
  12. 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  13. 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) jar
  15. 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  16. 16.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) ladder (c) girl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) bird
  19. 19.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) jar
  21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  23. 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  25. 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  26. 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) star (c) flower
  29. 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
  30. 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) torch (c) flower
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) paper
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) turtle
  34. 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  35. 35.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) corn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) purple (c) car
  38. 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  40. 40.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer

Answer key

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

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