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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 551 · 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) dart (b) third (c) turkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) flower
  3. 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  6. 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
  7. 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) star (c) ladder
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) third (c) burger
  10. 10.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  12. 12.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) turkey
  14. 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  15. 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) hammer
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) bird (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) turkey (c) shark
  21. 21.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) jar (c) tiger
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) scarf
  24. 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  25. 25.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) unicorn
  27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) purple (c) hammer
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) yarn
  30. 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  32. 32.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  33. 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  34. 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  36. 36.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  37. 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) first
  39. 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third

Answer key

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

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