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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 844 · 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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) popcorn
  4. 4.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) scarf
  6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  7. 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) scarf
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) corn (c) turtle
  11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  12. 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) flower
  15. 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  16. 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
  17. 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  18. 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  20. 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
  21. 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) car (c) third
  23. 23.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) first
  26. 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) turtle
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) circle
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) jar
  30. 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  31. 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) thermometer
  33. 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) dart (c) circle
  35. 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) turtle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
  38. 38.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  39. 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar

Answer key

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

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