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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 752 · 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.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) car
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) paper (c) burger
  4. 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  6. 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) shark (c) turtle
  8. 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) purple
  11. 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) tiger
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) thermometer
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) turtle
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  20. 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  21. 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  23. 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) turtle
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) turtle
  26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  28. 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  30. 30.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  32. 32.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) fork
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) shark
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) first
  37. 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) first
  39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  40. 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir

Answer key

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

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