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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 83 · 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) dart (b) popcorn (c) tiger
  2. 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) third
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) fork
  5. 5.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  6. 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  7. 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  8. 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  9. 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) yarn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) tiger
  13. 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) ladder
  15. 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  16. 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) fork
  19. 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) burger
  21. 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) scarf
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) purple
  27. 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
  28. 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  31. 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) dart
  33. 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) fork
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) car
  36. 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
  38. 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) turkey
  40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn

Answer key

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

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