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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 457 · 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) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) hammer
  3. 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) spider
  5. 5.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) scarf
  7. 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  8. 8.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) burger
  10. 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) burger
  12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) jar
  14. 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  17. 17.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) girl
  19. 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) hammer (c) circus
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) jar
  22. 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) third
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) corn
  25. 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  26. 26.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  27. 27.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
  28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  29. 29.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) car (c) thermometer
  31. 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  33. 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) girl
  35. 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  36. 36.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  37. 37.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) fork
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) third (c) yarn
  40. 40.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar

Answer key

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

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