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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 613 · 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 “ar”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) fork
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) unicorn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) shark (c) hammer
  4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) circle
  10. 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) girl
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) girl
  13. 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) turtle
  15. 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
  16. 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) burger
  18. 18.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) thermometer
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) dart
  21. 21.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) car
  25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  26. 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  27. 27.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) girl
  30. 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  31. 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  32. 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) ladder
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) flower
  35. 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) girl
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) thermometer
  38. 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) guitar
  40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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