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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 505 · 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) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
  2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) fork
  4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  5. 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  7. 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) shark (c) ladder
  9. 9.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) bird
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) first
  12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  13. 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) third
  15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  16. 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  17. 17.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) circus
  20. 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) jar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) circle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) tiger
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  26. 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) third (c) ladder
  28. 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  30. 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  33. 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) circus (c) computer
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) circle
  36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  37. 37.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  38. 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) burger
  40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar

Answer key

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

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