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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 853 · 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 “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) jar
  2. 2.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) star (c) turkey
  4. 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) burger
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) girl
  9. 9.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) star
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) dart
  14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  15. 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  16. 16.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  17. 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  20. 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) fork
  22. 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  24. 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
  25. 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) first
  27. 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
  28. 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
  29. 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
  31. 31.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) guitar
  33. 33.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  36. 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) corn (c) turtle
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl

Answer key

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

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