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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 535 · 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 has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) girl (c) turtle
  2. 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  3. 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  4. 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  5. 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  6. 6.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  7. 7.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  9. 9.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) jar (c) turkey
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) turtle
  12. 12.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) turtle
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) corn (c) dart
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  16. 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) guitar
  18. 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  19. 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  20. 20.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
  22. 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) circle
  24. 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  27. 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  28. 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) paper
  30. 30.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) computer
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) third
  35. 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) tiger
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) jar
  40. 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch

Answer key

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

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