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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 567 · 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 “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) scarf
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) circle
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) computer
  5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  6. 6.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) spider
  8. 8.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) car
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) computer
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) star (c) girl
  14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) girl
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) spider
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) thermometer
  18. 18.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
  20. 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
  21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) turkey
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) fork
  26. 26.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  27. 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
  28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) dart
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) spider
  31. 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) guitar (c) hammer
  33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  34. 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  35. 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) turtle
  37. 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) bird
  39. 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
  40. 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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