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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 576 · 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) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  2. 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  3. 3.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) turtle
  5. 5.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) guitar
  7. 7.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) purple
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) turkey
  10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
  11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  13. 13.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  15. 15.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  16. 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  17. 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  19. 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  20. 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
  23. 23.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  24. 24.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  27. 27.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  28. 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  29. 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) girl
  31. 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) shark
  33. 33.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  34. 34.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  35. 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  36. 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  37. 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) turtle
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) burger (c) scarf
  40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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