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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 620 · 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) corn (b) car (c) thermometer
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) bird (c) popcorn
  3. 3.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) circle
  5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) torch
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) star (c) thermometer
  11. 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) flower (c) corn
  13. 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  14. 14.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) fork
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turtle
  17. 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  18. 18.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  19. 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) bird
  22. 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  23. 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) paper (c) first
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) unicorn
  28. 28.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) guitar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) corn
  31. 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) bird
  33. 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) purple
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) girl (c) butter
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) scarf
  38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  40. 40.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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