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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 646 · 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) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
  2. 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  3. 3.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) car
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) turtle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) purple (c) girl
  7. 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) corn
  9. 9.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
  10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  12. 12.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  13. 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) butter
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) spider
  17. 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) car (c) bird
  19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  20. 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  21. 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  22. 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) scarf
  24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  25. 25.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  26. 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  27. 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) girl
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) ladder
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) burger
  31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) computer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) turtle
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) purple
  35. 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  36. 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
  37. 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  38. 38.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) first (c) star
  40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn

Answer key

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

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