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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 651 · 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 “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) flower
  2. 2.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) third
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) tiger
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) corn
  7. 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) circle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) burger
  11. 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) third (c) hammer
  13. 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  15. 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) first
  17. 17.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  19. 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yirn
  20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
  21. 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) computer
  23. 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) unicorn
  25. 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) spider
  27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) corn
  31. 31.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  33. 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) jar (c) burger
  35. 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
  37. 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) popcorn
  39. 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  40. 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car

Answer key

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

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