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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 95 · 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) ladder (b) bird (c) corn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) dart (c) paper
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) unicorn
  4. 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  5. 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) butter
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) burger
  9. 9.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  10. 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  11. 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  12. 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) ladder
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) turtle
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) star
  19. 19.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) corn
  21. 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  22. 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) ladder
  24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  25. 25.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) torch
  28. 28.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) ladder
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) first (c) tiger
  33. 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  34. 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) burger (c) girl
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) third (c) spider
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer

Answer key

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

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