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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 838 · 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) butter (b) shark (c) corn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) scarf
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) car
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) corn
  5. 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) purple
  7. 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  8. 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  9. 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  10. 10.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  11. 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) turkey
  13. 13.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  15. 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) third
  17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) turtle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  22. 22.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  24. 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) car
  27. 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  28. 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  29. 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  30. 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turtle
  32. 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  33. 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  34. 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  35. 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
  36. 36.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circle
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) guitar
  39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor

Answer key

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

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