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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 595 · 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) torch (b) butter (c) dart
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) bird
  3. 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) guitar
  6. 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  7. 7.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
  9. 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) first (c) flower
  11. 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) dart
  13. 13.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) star (c) girl
  16. 16.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  17. 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
  18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  19. 19.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) jar
  21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  23. 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) thermometer
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) fork
  28. 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  29. 29.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
  30. 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) unicorn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) ladder (c) dart
  33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  35. 35.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
  36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) fork (c) spider
  38. 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) car
  40. 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar

Answer key

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

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