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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 485 · 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) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  3. 3.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  4. 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) guitar
  7. 7.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  8. 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
  9. 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) turtle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) fork (c) turtle
  12. 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) thermometer
  14. 14.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) bird
  16. 16.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  17. 17.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) third (c) dart
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) car
  21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  22. 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
  23. 23.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) spider
  26. 26.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) first (c) popcorn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) unicorn
  29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) third
  34. 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  35. 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  36. 36.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  37. 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  38. 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  39. 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) jar

Answer key

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

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