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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 326 · 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) forst (b) first (c) farst
  2. 2.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) paper
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) purple
  6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) first
  8. 8.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) girl (c) unicorn
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) fork
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) torch
  15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  17. 17.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
  21. 21.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  22. 22.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) popcorn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) turkey
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) circus
  26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) corn
  28. 28.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  29. 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) circle
  31. 31.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) circle
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) third
  36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) first (c) flower
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) jar (c) ladder
  39. 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  40. 40.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey

Answer key

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

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