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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 243 · 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) cor (b) cer (c) car
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) first
  3. 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  4. 4.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) shark
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) turkey
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) popcorn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) flower (c) corn
  10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) turtle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) tiger
  13. 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) jar
  15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  16. 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) turkey
  18. 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) star
  20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) shark
  22. 22.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) jar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) ladder
  25. 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) paper
  27. 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  30. 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  31. 31.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  33. 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  35. 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) butter
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) popcorn
  38. 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn

Answer key

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

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