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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 598 · 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.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) turkey
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) flower (c) popcorn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) jar
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) bird
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) girl
  10. 10.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  11. 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  12. 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) computer
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) paper
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) flower
  17. 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  19. 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) dart
  21. 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) spider
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) unicorn
  24. 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  25. 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) tiger
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) burger
  30. 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  31. 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  33. 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  34. 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) circle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) circus
  38. 38.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  39. 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  40. 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey

Answer key

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

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