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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 346 · 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) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) car
  4. 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) circus
  6. 6.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) purple
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) first (c) turtle
  9. 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) butter (c) first
  11. 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) butter
  13. 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  14. 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) turkey
  16. 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  17. 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) car (c) purple
  19. 19.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) flower
  22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  23. 23.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  24. 24.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) circle
  26. 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) shark
  30. 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  31. 31.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) computer
  33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  34. 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  35. 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  36. 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) bird (c) purple
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) circus
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) yarn
  40. 40.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

Answer key

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

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