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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 680 · 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) burger (b) star (c) corn
  2. 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) torch
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) bird
  5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
  6. 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  7. 7.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  9. 9.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  10. 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) third
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) butter
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) first
  14. 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  15. 15.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  16. 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) turtle
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) tiger
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) torch
  20. 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) tiger
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) circle
  27. 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) butter
  29. 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  31. 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) ladder (c) turtle
  34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  35. 35.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) dart
  37. 37.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  40. 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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