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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 386 · 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) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) unicorn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) turtle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) first
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) paper
  6. 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  7. 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) dart
  9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  10. 10.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  11. 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  12. 12.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) corn
  15. 15.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circus
  17. 17.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) ladder
  19. 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
  20. 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  21. 21.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  22. 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) shark
  24. 24.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  25. 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  26. 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  27. 27.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) butter
  29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) corn
  31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) turtle
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  35. 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) circle
  37. 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) fork
  39. 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  40. 40.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

Answer key

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

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