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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 985 · 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) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) purple
  3. 3.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) car (c) popcorn
  5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) shark
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
  8. 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) fork
  10. 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) car (c) corn
  14. 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) torch
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) unicorn
  17. 17.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  18. 18.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) unicorn
  20. 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  21. 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) hammer
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) spider
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) butter
  27. 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  28. 28.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) bird
  30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) computer
  32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  34. 34.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  35. 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) guitar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) circus
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) first
  39. 39.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
  40. 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord

Answer key

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

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