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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 555 · 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) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) jar (c) fork
  3. 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) shark
  6. 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  7. 7.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  8. 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) yarn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) popcorn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) first (c) butter
  13. 13.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  14. 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  15. 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  16. 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) burger
  18. 18.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) butter
  21. 21.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) paper
  23. 23.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  26. 26.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  27. 27.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) tiger
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) ladder (c) star
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) unicorn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) yarn (c) unicorn
  33. 33.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) corn
  35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  37. 37.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) bird
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) butter
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) third

Answer key

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

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