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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 90 · 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 “ir”? (a) dart (b) girl (c) butter
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) star (c) butter
  3. 3.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) first (c) computer
  5. 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) tiger
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) star
  8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) guitar
  10. 10.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  11. 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) third
  13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
  14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) purple
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) yarn (c) corn
  18. 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) spider
  20. 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  21. 21.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) flower
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  24. 24.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  25. 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) bird (c) fork
  32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) unicorn
  34. 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  35. 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  36. 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) turtle
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) burger
  40. 40.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

Answer key

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

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