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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 533 · 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 is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) turkey
  4. 4.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  5. 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  6. 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
  8. 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) fork
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) hammer
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) purple
  12. 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) girl (c) torch
  14. 14.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) yarn
  16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) girl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) dart
  19. 19.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  21. 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
  22. 22.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) first
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) bird
  25. 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) dart
  27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  29. 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  30. 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  31. 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) flower
  33. 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  34. 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) fork
  37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  38. 38.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) turkey
  40. 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar

Answer key

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

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