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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 88 · 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.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  2. 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) turtle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) purple
  5. 5.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  6. 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) guitar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) paper (c) star
  11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  13. 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) yarn
  15. 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
  16. 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  17. 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) purple
  19. 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  20. 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  21. 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  22. 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  23. 23.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) popcorn
  25. 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) corn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) hammer
  28. 28.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
  29. 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) turkey
  31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  32. 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) bird
  34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  35. 35.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  36. 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) computer
  38. 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  39. 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
  40. 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

Answer key

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

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