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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 368 · 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) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
  2. 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  4. 4.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) fork
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) car
  8. 8.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  9. 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) paper
  11. 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
  13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
  14. 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) first
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) butter
  17. 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) car
  19. 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  22. 22.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circus
  24. 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
  25. 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) shark
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) corn
  29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  30. 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  31. 31.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) fork
  33. 33.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) corn
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) burger
  36. 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) paper
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) bird

Answer key

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

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