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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 80 · 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) bird (b) ladder (c) purple
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) yarn
  3. 3.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) girl
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) computer
  8. 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) corn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) star
  12. 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) third
  14. 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  15. 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) computer (c) turkey
  17. 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  19. 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) purple
  22. 22.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) third (c) torch
  24. 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  25. 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  26. 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) first
  28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) butter
  31. 31.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  33. 33.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) spider
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) girl

Answer key

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

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