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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 628 · 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) scurf (c) scarf
  2. 2.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) purple (c) tiger
  5. 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) dart
  8. 8.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  9. 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) star (c) first
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) circle (c) corn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) shark
  13. 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  14. 14.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  15. 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  16. 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) circle
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) yarn
  19. 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) shark
  22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  23. 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) star
  26. 26.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  28. 28.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  29. 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  30. 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  31. 31.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  32. 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  34. 34.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) first
  36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  37. 37.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) flower (c) circus
  39. 39.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  40. 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar

Answer key

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

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