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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 447 · 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) spider (b) purple (c) popcorn
  2. 2.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) yarn
  4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) guitar
  8. 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  9. 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) unicorn
  11. 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  12. 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  13. 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  14. 14.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) computer
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) turkey
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) circle
  19. 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  20. 20.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) girl
  23. 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) corn (c) circle
  25. 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  26. 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  27. 27.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  28. 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dort (c) dart
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) ladder
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) circle
  31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  32. 32.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) thermometer
  34. 34.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  35. 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) jar
  37. 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  38. 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  39. 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  40. 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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