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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 582 · 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 “er”? (a) hammer (b) torch (c) turtle
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) circle
  3. 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) turtle
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) scarf
  6. 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) girl
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) girl
  9. 9.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) star
  11. 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) tiger
  13. 13.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) third (c) corn
  15. 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  16. 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) computer
  18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) star
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  21. 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  23. 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) purple
  25. 25.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) paper
  27. 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  28. 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  29. 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) turkey
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) unicorn
  32. 32.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
  35. 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) ladder
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) dart
  39. 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
  40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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