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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 470 · 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) unicurn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) first (c) turkey
  3. 3.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) shark
  5. 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  6. 6.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) computer (c) fork
  8. 8.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  9. 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) turkey
  12. 12.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  14. 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  15. 15.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) tiger
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) purple
  21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) third
  23. 23.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  24. 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  26. 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) first (c) turkey
  28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  29. 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  31. 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) burger (c) fork
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  35. 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  36. 36.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) torch
  39. 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  40. 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar

Answer key

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

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