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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 675 · 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 is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  2. 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) fork
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) star (c) bird
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  6. 6.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
  7. 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) butter (c) turtle
  10. 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  11. 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) turkey
  14. 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
  15. 15.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  17. 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  19. 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) burger
  21. 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) ladder
  24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  25. 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  26. 26.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) guitar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) girl
  29. 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) torch
  31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) corn
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) burger
  34. 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  35. 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  37. 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) circus
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) circle
  40. 40.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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