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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 606 · 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) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) jar
  3. 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) hammer
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) unicorn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) torch
  8. 8.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) purple
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) shark
  11. 11.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) jar
  13. 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) guitar (c) corn
  15. 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  16. 16.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  18. 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  19. 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
  20. 20.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) dart
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) yarn (c) unicorn
  23. 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  24. 24.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  25. 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) star
  27. 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  29. 29.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
  30. 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  31. 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  32. 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  33. 33.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  35. 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
  36. 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  37. 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) purple (c) star
  39. 39.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
  40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or

Answer key

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

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