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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 820 · 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) dart (b) paper (c) circle
  2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) guitar
  6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) computer
  9. 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  10. 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
  11. 11.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) flower
  13. 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) turtle
  15. 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  17. 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) jar
  19. 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) torch
  22. 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  23. 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) computer (c) scarf
  25. 25.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) purple
  27. 27.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  30. 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) paper
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) dart
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) turtle
  34. 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  35. 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) turkey
  37. 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) popcorn

Answer key

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

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