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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 998 · 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 “or”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) torch
  2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) unicorn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) purple
  5. 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) corn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) bird
  9. 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  10. 10.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
  11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  14. 14.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  16. 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  17. 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) car
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  20. 20.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) dart
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) flower
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) butter
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) computer
  25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
  27. 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  28. 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) hammer (c) car
  30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  31. 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  32. 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) tiger
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  38. 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  39. 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark

Answer key

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

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