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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 566 · 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 “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) shark
  2. 2.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
  3. 3.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  4. 4.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  5. 5.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  6. 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) circle
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) burger
  12. 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  15. 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) flower
  17. 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) turtle
  19. 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  20. 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) paper
  22. 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) unicorn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) girl
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) jar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) ladder
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) computer
  28. 28.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  29. 29.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) dart
  31. 31.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turkey
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  34. 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) torch
  36. 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  37. 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) ladder
  39. 39.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) purple

Answer key

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

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