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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 439 · 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.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) bird
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) corn
  4. 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) star
  6. 6.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
  7. 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) hammer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) fork
  10. 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) thermometer
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) unicorn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) third (c) computer
  15. 15.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) star (c) burger
  19. 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  21. 21.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  23. 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
  24. 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) circus
  26. 26.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) thermometer (c) turkey
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) scarf
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) car
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) guitar
  31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  32. 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) shark
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) torch (c) yarn
  35. 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) turkey
  37. 37.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  38. 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  39. 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  40. 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur

Answer key

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

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