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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 14 · 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.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  2. 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) tiger
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) hammer
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) circle (c) unicorn
  6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) flower
  8. 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  9. 9.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  10. 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  11. 11.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) torch
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) girl
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) torch
  18. 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
  19. 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) burger
  22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) circus
  24. 24.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  26. 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  27. 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  29. 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) burger
  31. 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) purple
  33. 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) yarn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) purple
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) corn
  38. 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) burger (c) hammer

Answer key

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

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