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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 703 · 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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) car (c) corn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) turkey
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) star
  8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  9. 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) third (c) torch
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) computer
  12. 12.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) computer
  14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  15. 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  16. 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) bird
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) flower (c) corn
  20. 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) spider
  23. 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) car
  25. 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  26. 26.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  27. 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  28. 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) hammer
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) dart (c) turtle
  31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  32. 32.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  34. 34.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) spider
  36. 36.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) circus
  38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) girl (c) fork
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) first

Answer key

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

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