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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 815 · 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) car (b) fork (c) first
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) corn
  3. 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  5. 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  6. 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  7. 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) turtle
  9. 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  10. 10.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  11. 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) burger (c) circus
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) bird
  15. 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) corn
  18. 18.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) jar (c) burger
  20. 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  21. 21.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) shark
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) scarf
  24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) purple
  26. 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
  27. 27.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) torch
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) third (c) unicorn
  30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
  31. 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
  32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) thermometer
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) computer (c) circle
  35. 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) yarn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) thermometer
  38. 38.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) hammer
  40. 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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