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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 964 · 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 “ir”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) fork
  2. 2.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) purple
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) yarn
  5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) thermometer
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) circus
  8. 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
  9. 9.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) car (c) turkey
  11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  12. 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
  13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) girl
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) star
  16. 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  17. 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  18. 18.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  19. 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) torch
  22. 22.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) car (c) paper
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) corn
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) purple
  26. 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) shark (c) ladder
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) fork
  29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) scarf
  31. 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  33. 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) circus
  35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) spider
  38. 38.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  39. 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) bird

Answer key

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

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