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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 627 · 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) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  2. 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) star (c) stor
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) third (c) scarf
  5. 5.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
  6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  7. 7.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  9. 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  10. 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) circle
  12. 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  14. 14.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  15. 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) first
  17. 17.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  18. 18.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) circle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) butter
  22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) star
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) tiger
  25. 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) car
  28. 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  29. 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) butter (c) circle
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  34. 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) turtle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) third
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) bird
  39. 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  40. 40.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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