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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 842 · 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) circle (b) paper (c) star
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) torch
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  4. 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  5. 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  6. 6.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) flower
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) guitar
  9. 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  10. 10.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  11. 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  12. 12.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) star (c) purple
  15. 15.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  16. 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) purple
  18. 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) guitar
  20. 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  21. 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  23. 23.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) car
  25. 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  26. 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  30. 30.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  31. 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  32. 32.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) corn (c) butter
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) third (c) corn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) bird
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) circle
  38. 38.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  40. 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey

Answer key

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

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