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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 480 · 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) corn (b) cern (c) carn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) car
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) ladder
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) girl
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) circus
  7. 7.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) tiger
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) corn (c) spider
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) circle
  11. 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
  12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  13. 13.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) butter
  16. 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  18. 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  19. 19.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
  20. 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
  21. 21.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) jar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) first (c) scarf
  24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) scarf
  26. 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  27. 27.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  28. 28.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  29. 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  30. 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  31. 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) bird
  33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) car
  35. 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) unicorn (c) first
  38. 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) bird
  40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord

Answer key

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

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