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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 610 · 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) thord (b) thard (c) third
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) tiger
  3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) star (c) paper
  5. 5.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  6. 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  7. 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
  8. 8.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) car
  10. 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  12. 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cirn
  16. 16.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jur
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) turtle
  19. 19.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) first
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) third
  22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) guitar
  24. 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) guitar
  26. 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
  28. 28.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  31. 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) ladder (c) scarf
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) girl
  34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  35. 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) paper
  37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
  39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) bird

Answer key

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

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