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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 411 · 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) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  2. 2.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) girl
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) flower
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) unicorn
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) torch (c) turkey
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) unicorn
  8. 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  9. 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  10. 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) dart
  12. 12.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) popcorn
  14. 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) guitar
  16. 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  17. 17.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) guitar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) star
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  26. 26.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) turtle
  28. 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  29. 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  35. 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
  36. 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) girl
  38. 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  39. 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) guitar

Answer key

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

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