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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 96 · 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) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) guitar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) scarf
  4. 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  5. 5.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) guitar
  7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) car
  10. 10.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) tiger
  12. 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  13. 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  14. 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) circus
  16. 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
  18. 18.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  19. 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  22. 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) flower (c) star
  24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) scarf
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) star (c) computer
  27. 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
  28. 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  31. 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  32. 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) third
  34. 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) girl (c) guitar
  37. 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  39. 39.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn

Answer key

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

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