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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 747 · 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 is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) purple
  3. 3.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) fork
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  6. 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) third (c) yarn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  9. 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  11. 11.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) jar
  13. 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  15. 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  19. 19.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) circle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) star
  22. 22.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) star (c) corn
  24. 24.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
  26. 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  27. 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  28. 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  29. 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  30. 30.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) star
  32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  33. 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) fork
  35. 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  37. 37.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  39. 39.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circus

Answer key

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

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