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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 514 · 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) stor (b) stur (c) star
  2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) butter (c) corn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) turtle
  5. 5.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) purple
  7. 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) popcorn (c) burger
  12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  13. 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) circus (c) turkey
  16. 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) spider
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) butter
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) computer
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) shark
  24. 24.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  25. 25.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  26. 26.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) guitar
  28. 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  31. 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) dart
  33. 33.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
  35. 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jer
  36. 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) dart
  38. 38.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) thermometer
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) first

Answer key

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

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