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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 933 · 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 is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) car
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) fork
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) popcorn
  5. 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) yarn
  8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) burger
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) first (c) car
  11. 11.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) turtle
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) corn
  16. 16.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) spider (c) turtle
  19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  20. 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  21. 21.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) purple
  24. 24.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) yarn
  26. 26.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) torch
  28. 28.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  31. 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
  32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  33. 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  34. 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
  36. 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) turkey
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
  40. 40.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

Answer key

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

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