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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 47 · 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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  2. 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) bird
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) purple
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) purple
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) guitar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) third
  8. 8.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) fork
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) star
  11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) spider (c) corn
  13. 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) scarf
  15. 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  16. 16.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) tiger (c) turtle
  20. 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  22. 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  23. 23.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) butter (c) popcorn
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) hammer
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) jar
  27. 27.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  28. 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) circus
  30. 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  31. 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  32. 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) tiger (c) girl
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  38. 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  39. 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard

Answer key

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

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