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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 642 · 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) scarf (b) paper (c) purple
  2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) butter
  5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  6. 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) corn
  8. 8.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) turtle
  10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) turtle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) car (c) unicorn
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) scarf
  14. 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
  15. 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) corn
  18. 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) computer
  21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) torch
  23. 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  24. 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) torch
  27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  29. 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) third
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) circus
  32. 32.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) first
  35. 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  36. 36.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  38. 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
  39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) purple

Answer key

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

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