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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 681 · 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.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  2. 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  3. 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) guitar
  5. 5.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) third
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) circus
  8. 8.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) first (c) hammer
  10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) spider
  12. 12.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  15. 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shork (c) shark
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) fork
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) first
  19. 19.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  20. 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) torch
  22. 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) corn
  24. 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) turtle
  26. 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
  27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  28. 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) circle
  30. 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) star
  32. 32.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) star (c) thermometer
  34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) popcorn
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  37. 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  38. 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  39. 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  40. 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle

Answer key

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

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