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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 644 · 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 “er”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) tiger
  2. 2.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  3. 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) dart
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) first
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) fork
  7. 7.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  8. 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) scarf
  10. 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  11. 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) unicorn
  13. 13.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) star (c) unicorn
  15. 15.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  16. 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  17. 17.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) jar (c) turtle
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) torch
  20. 20.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) car
  22. 22.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) corn
  25. 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  26. 26.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  27. 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) shark
  29. 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  30. 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  31. 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) thermometer
  33. 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) corn (c) spider
  35. 35.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  36. 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  37. 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) turtle
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) thermometer
  40. 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst

Answer key

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

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