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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 62 · 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 “ar”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) guitar
  2. 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  3. 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) yarn
  5. 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  6. 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) girl
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) computer (c) corn
  9. 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  10. 10.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) jar
  12. 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  13. 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) tiger (c) girl
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) unicorn (c) purple
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) jar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) flower
  19. 19.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  20. 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) turkey
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) girl
  25. 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  26. 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  27. 27.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) circus
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) tiger
  31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  33. 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
  34. 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) torch
  36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) fork
  40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn

Answer key

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

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