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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 991 · 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) car (b) purple (c) torch
  2. 2.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) yarn
  4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) star
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) hammer
  7. 7.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  8. 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turkey
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) purple
  11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) butter
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) unicorn
  14. 14.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) torch
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) fork
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) first
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) computer
  21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) car
  23. 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  25. 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) first
  27. 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) turtle
  29. 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) turtle
  32. 32.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  33. 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  34. 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
  35. 35.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  36. 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) fork (c) scarf
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) burger
  39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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