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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 699 · 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) star (b) tiger (c) fork
  2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  4. 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) jar
  6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  7. 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) spider (c) popcorn
  10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) scarf
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) burger
  13. 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  14. 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
  17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  18. 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) corn
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) tiger
  23. 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) first (c) burger
  25. 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) jar
  27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  28. 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) yarn
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) dart
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) third
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) paper (c) torch
  33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  35. 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) circle
  37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) guitar

Answer key

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

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