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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 406 · 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 has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) popcorn
  2. 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) popcorn
  5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  6. 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  7. 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  10. 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) scarf (c) computer
  12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) torch
  14. 14.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) third (c) burger
  16. 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) thermometer
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) jar
  20. 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) girl
  23. 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  25. 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) guitar
  27. 27.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  28. 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) dart (c) spider
  30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  32. 32.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
  33. 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) flower
  35. 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  36. 36.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
  37. 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) burger
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) scarf
  40. 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus

Answer key

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

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