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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 562 · 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) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) hammer
  4. 4.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  6. 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) paper (c) circus
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) corn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) corn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) hammer
  12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
  14. 14.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) thermometer
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) third
  17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  18. 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  19. 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
  20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) popcorn
  22. 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) hammer
  24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  25. 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  26. 26.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turkey
  28. 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  29. 29.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  30. 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) star (c) first
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) torch
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) third
  34. 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) spider
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) tiger
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) thermometer
  38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) yarn
  40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star

Answer key

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

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