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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 468 · 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.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  2. 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) paper
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) star (c) fork
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) third
  6. 6.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) turtle
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  10. 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) shark
  12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) shark
  14. 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) guitar
  16. 16.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) turtle
  18. 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  19. 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  21. 21.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  22. 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  23. 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) first (c) burger
  26. 26.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) shark
  30. 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
  31. 31.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  32. 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) butter
  34. 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
  35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  37. 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) torch
  39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern

Answer key

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

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