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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 934 · 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.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) paper (c) unicorn
  3. 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  4. 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turtle
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) star (c) popcorn
  8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) guitar
  11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) ladder
  13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
  14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  15. 15.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) corn
  17. 17.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) butter
  19. 19.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
  21. 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  23. 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) fork
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) star
  26. 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) burger
  28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) circle
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) tiger
  31. 31.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) turtle
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) butter
  34. 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  37. 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) paper (c) burger
  40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl

Answer key

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

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