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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 491 · 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) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  2. 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  3. 3.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) dart
  6. 6.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) unicorn
  8. 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) star (c) purple
  10. 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  11. 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) circus
  13. 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) ladder (c) scarf
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) purple
  18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  19. 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  20. 20.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) bird
  22. 22.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  24. 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
  25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) circus (c) fork
  27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  28. 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  29. 29.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  30. 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) fork (c) star
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) guitar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) first
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) shark (c) corn
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) car
  36. 36.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  37. 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  38. 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor

Answer key

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

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