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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 938 · 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 “er”? (a) paper (b) third (c) popcorn
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  3. 3.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) first
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) tiger
  7. 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) paper
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) shark (c) burger
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) fork
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circle (c) torch
  12. 12.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  14. 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) third (c) burger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) hammer
  17. 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) circle
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) spider
  21. 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  23. 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) scarf
  25. 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) paper
  27. 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) unicorn
  30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  31. 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  32. 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) hammer
  34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  35. 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  36. 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) bird
  39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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