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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 970 · 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 “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) ladder
  2. 2.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) purple
  4. 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  7. 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) unicorn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) paper (c) corn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) first (c) flower
  11. 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  12. 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  13. 13.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) scarf
  17. 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) third (c) turtle
  20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) purple
  22. 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) bird
  24. 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) girl
  26. 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) yarn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) circle
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  30. 30.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
  31. 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  33. 33.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  34. 34.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  35. 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  37. 37.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) girl (c) fork
  39. 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) guitar

Answer key

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

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