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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 812 · 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 “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) guitar
  2. 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) circle
  4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) spider (c) first
  6. 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
  7. 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
  8. 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) unicorn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) turkey
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) fork
  12. 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  13. 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) hammer
  16. 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) turkey (c) fork
  18. 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  19. 19.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) circle
  21. 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) car (c) turkey
  24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  26. 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) hammer
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) butter (c) unicorn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) shark
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) corn
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  34. 34.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  35. 35.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  36. 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) torch
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) purple
  39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  40. 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus

Answer key

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

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