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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 478 · 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) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) first (c) torch
  3. 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) shark
  5. 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  6. 6.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  7. 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
  9. 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  10. 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) computer
  12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  13. 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
  14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  15. 15.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circle (c) popcorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) butter
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) jar
  19. 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  20. 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) third (c) star
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) turkey
  23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  24. 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  25. 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) ladder
  27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  30. 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) third
  32. 32.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) paper
  34. 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) tiger
  36. 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  37. 37.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  38. 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scirf (c) scarf
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) purple
  40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

Answer key

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

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