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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 456 · 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) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) bird
  3. 3.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) circle
  5. 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  6. 6.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
  7. 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  8. 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  9. 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) turtle
  11. 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
  14. 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) butter
  16. 16.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  17. 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) popcorn
  19. 19.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  21. 21.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) third
  24. 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) torch
  26. 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  27. 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
  30. 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) car
  32. 32.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  33. 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  35. 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
  38. 38.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) butter
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) corn (c) dart

Answer key

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

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