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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 809 · 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 “or”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) corn
  2. 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  3. 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) star
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) spider
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) shark
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) third
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) dart
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) shark (c) bird
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) torch (c) ladder
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) girl
  14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) purple
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) star
  17. 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) car
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) yarn
  21. 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) turkey
  23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  25. 25.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  26. 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) bird
  28. 28.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  29. 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) guitar
  31. 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) car (c) circus
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) star (c) first
  35. 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  36. 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
  38. 38.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) shark
  40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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