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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 575 · 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) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) spider
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) star
  4. 4.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) turkey
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) hammer
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) flower (c) jar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) torch
  9. 9.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  10. 10.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) circle
  12. 12.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) girl
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) paper
  15. 15.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turkey
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) spider
  18. 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) circle (c) torch
  20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  21. 21.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) hammer
  23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  24. 24.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) jar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) girl
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) burger
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) turtle
  30. 30.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) first
  34. 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  35. 35.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  36. 36.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  39. 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  40. 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter

Answer key

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

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