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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 913 · 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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  2. 2.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  3. 3.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) scarf
  5. 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) butter
  8. 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  9. 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  10. 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) flower
  12. 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) guitar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) yarn
  16. 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  17. 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  19. 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  20. 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
  21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) computer (c) fork
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) guitar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) burger
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) turtle
  27. 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  29. 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
  30. 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) computer
  32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  33. 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  34. 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) car (c) hammer
  36. 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  38. 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer

Answer key

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

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