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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 519 · 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) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circle
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) girl
  6. 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) popcorn
  8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  9. 9.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  12. 12.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) bird
  14. 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  15. 15.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  16. 16.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  17. 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) turtle
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) bird
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) circus
  21. 21.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  22. 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  23. 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) spider
  25. 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  26. 26.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) butter
  28. 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) guitar
  30. 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) torch
  32. 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) dart
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) purple
  35. 35.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  36. 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  37. 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) bird
  39. 39.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) first (c) guitar

Answer key

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

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