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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 657 · 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 “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) dart
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) flower
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) turtle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) burger
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) burger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) turkey
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) torch
  8. 8.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  9. 9.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  10. 10.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  12. 12.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) first
  14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) thermometer
  17. 17.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  18. 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
  19. 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  21. 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) bird
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) third
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) yarn
  26. 26.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) tiger (c) scarf
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) turtle
  29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) popcorn
  32. 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) dart
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) shark (c) tiger
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) burger
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) circle (c) tiger
  37. 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  40. 40.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark

Answer key

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

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