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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 33 · 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) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) torch
  3. 3.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  5. 5.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) jar
  7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) first
  9. 9.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) spider
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) car (c) purple
  12. 12.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) torch
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) scarf
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  18. 18.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  19. 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  20. 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) turtle
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) flower (c) shark
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) car
  24. 24.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  26. 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) guitar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) corn
  29. 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  30. 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) butter
  32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) third
  34. 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) ladder
  36. 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  37. 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) first (c) burger
  40. 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scirf (c) scorf

Answer key

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

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