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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 176 · 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) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) bird
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
  4. 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  5. 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
  7. 7.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) jar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) spider
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) purple
  12. 12.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  15. 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
  17. 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) third
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) turkey
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  21. 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) scarf
  23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  24. 24.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  25. 25.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) shark
  27. 27.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jor (c) jar
  28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  30. 30.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) dart
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) dart
  33. 33.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  36. 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  37. 37.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) shark
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) yarn
  40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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