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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 650 · 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 “or”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) corn
  2. 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  3. 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  4. 4.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) burger
  6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) bird
  9. 9.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) turkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) computer
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) yarn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) corn (c) dart
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) flower (c) fork
  17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) fork (c) purple
  20. 20.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) dart
  22. 22.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  23. 23.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  24. 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) yarn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) flower (c) fork
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) shark
  30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  31. 31.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) unicorn
  33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) circus
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) fork
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) popcorn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) flower
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) torch
  39. 39.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn

Answer key

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

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