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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 71 · 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 “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) hammer
  2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  3. 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) first (c) turkey
  5. 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) purple
  7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  8. 8.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  9. 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) hammer
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) third (c) purple
  12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  14. 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) star
  16. 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
  17. 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
  19. 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) hammer
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  22. 22.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) tiger
  24. 24.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) fork
  26. 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) shark
  28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) scarf
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) computer
  31. 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) paper
  33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  34. 34.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  35. 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  36. 36.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
  38. 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  40. 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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