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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 607 · 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 “ir”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) girl
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) unicorn (c) hammer
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) scarf
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) third
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) corn
  6. 6.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  7. 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  8. 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  10. 10.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) purple (c) unicorn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) car
  13. 13.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  14. 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  15. 15.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) torch
  18. 18.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  19. 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  20. 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  21. 21.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
  22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  23. 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) fork
  25. 25.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) bird
  27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) dart
  29. 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  32. 32.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  33. 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) butter (c) yarn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) purple
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) bird (c) flower
  38. 38.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) third
  40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar

Answer key

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

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