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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 622 · 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) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  3. 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) bird
  6. 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  7. 7.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
  8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  9. 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) paper
  11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) paper
  15. 15.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) jar
  17. 17.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) butter
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) ladder
  20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) girl
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) yarn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) popcorn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) guitar
  25. 25.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) hammer
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) shark
  29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) girl
  31. 31.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  32. 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) yarn
  34. 34.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) fork (c) spider
  37. 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  38. 38.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  40. 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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