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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 978 · 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) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  2. 2.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) fork
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) computer
  5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) turtle
  8. 8.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) girl
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) turkey
  13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) burger
  15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
  16. 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  17. 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
  18. 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) bird
  20. 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  21. 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) circle
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turkey
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) corn
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) thermometer
  26. 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  28. 28.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) turkey
  30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) shark (c) fork
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) star (c) girl
  33. 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  35. 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  36. 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) purple
  38. 38.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) hammer

Answer key

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

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