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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 841 · 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.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) first
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) corn
  4. 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) turkey
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) yarn
  7. 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
  8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  9. 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  10. 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) spider
  14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) thermometer (c) star
  16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  17. 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) flower
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) paper
  20. 20.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  23. 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  24. 24.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) bird
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) circus
  27. 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) torch
  29. 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  30. 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) paper
  32. 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) star
  34. 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  36. 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  38. 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) shark
  40. 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

Answer key

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

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