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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 236 · 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) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  2. 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) car
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) guitar
  5. 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) burger
  7. 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  9. 9.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) circle
  12. 12.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) guitar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) dart
  15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  16. 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
  17. 17.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  19. 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) circle
  21. 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  22. 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) corn
  24. 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  25. 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
  27. 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  29. 29.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) circus
  31. 31.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  32. 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  33. 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) tiger
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) car
  36. 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  37. 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) ladder
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) bird
  40. 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar

Answer key

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

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