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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 614 · 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 “or”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) spider
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  3. 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  6. 6.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  9. 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) spider
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) spider
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) circle (c) unicorn
  14. 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
  16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  17. 17.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) turkey
  20. 20.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) turtle
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) circus (c) butter
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) girl
  24. 24.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  25. 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) circle (c) guitar
  28. 28.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  29. 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) bird
  31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  32. 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  33. 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  36. 36.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) spider
  38. 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) popcorn
  40. 40.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur

Answer key

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

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