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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 626 · 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) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) purple
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) guitar
  4. 4.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) car (c) turkey
  6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  7. 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) circle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) jar
  10. 10.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) turkey
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) computer
  13. 13.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  14. 14.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  15. 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  16. 16.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  18. 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  20. 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  21. 21.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) bird
  24. 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  25. 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  26. 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  27. 27.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
  28. 28.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) butter
  30. 30.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  33. 33.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) circus (c) turtle
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) burger
  36. 36.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  37. 37.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
  38. 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
  39. 39.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) tiger (c) bird

Answer key

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

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