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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 276 · 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) first (b) forst (c) farst
  2. 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) circle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) guitar
  5. 5.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) star (c) spider
  8. 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  9. 9.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) burger
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) spider (c) star
  13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  15. 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) thermometer
  17. 17.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
  20. 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
  21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) fork
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) unicorn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) circle
  26. 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
  27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  29. 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  31. 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circus (c) corn
  33. 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) car
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) bird
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  39. 39.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  40. 40.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er

Answer key

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

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