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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 724 · 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) first (b) computer (c) star
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) fork
  3. 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
  4. 4.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) circus
  9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) third (c) burger
  11. 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  12. 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  13. 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) torch
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) circus
  16. 16.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) circle
  19. 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  21. 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) circle
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) dart
  24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) torch (c) guitar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) jar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) corn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) flower
  29. 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  30. 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
  31. 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) circle
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) popcorn
  34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
  35. 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) burger
  37. 37.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) unicorn
  39. 39.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl

Answer key

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

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