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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 322 · 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 has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) thermometer
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) corn
  3. 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) first
  5. 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) dart
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) third
  8. 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  9. 9.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  12. 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  13. 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
  15. 15.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) popcorn
  17. 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  20. 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) purple
  23. 23.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  24. 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) jar
  26. 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  27. 27.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  28. 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) fork
  30. 30.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) torch
  33. 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  34. 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) turtle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) scarf
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circus
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) butter (c) unicorn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) circle

Answer key

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

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