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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 946 · 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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  2. 2.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) fork
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) yarn
  5. 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  7. 7.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  8. 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) bird
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) turtle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) ladder (c) corn
  12. 12.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  14. 14.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) circle
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) thermometer
  17. 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  18. 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) guitar (c) corn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) fork
  21. 21.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  22. 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  23. 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) turtle
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) flower
  27. 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  28. 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
  29. 29.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  30. 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) tiger
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) hammer
  34. 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  35. 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) tiger
  38. 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  39. 39.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  40. 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

Answer key

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

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