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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 767 · 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 “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) fork
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) turkey
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) purple
  4. 4.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) girl
  7. 7.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  8. 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) circus
  10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  11. 11.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) thermometer
  13. 13.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) butter
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) purple
  18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  19. 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) computer
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) yarn
  23. 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) circus
  25. 25.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) computer
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) flower
  28. 28.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  29. 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  30. 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  31. 31.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  33. 33.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) first
  35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  37. 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  38. 38.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) spider

Answer key

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

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