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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 772 · 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 “er”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) tiger
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  3. 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  5. 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) ladder
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  8. 8.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) scarf
  11. 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  12. 12.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) scarf
  14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  15. 15.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  16. 16.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  18. 18.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) corn (c) scarf
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) computer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) yarn
  22. 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  23. 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  25. 25.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  26. 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  27. 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) popcorn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) shark
  30. 30.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) guitar
  32. 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (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) unicorn (b) turtle (c) scarf
  35. 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  37. 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) car
  40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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