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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 773 · 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 “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) flower
  2. 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  4. 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) torch
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) flower
  7. 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) girl
  9. 9.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
  10. 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) butter (c) first
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) corn (c) scarf
  14. 14.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  15. 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  20. 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  23. 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  24. 24.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  25. 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  26. 26.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) hammer
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) burger
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) flower (c) fork
  30. 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  31. 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) spider
  33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) shark
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) third (c) purple
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turtle
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) turkey
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) turkey
  40. 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

Answer key

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

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