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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 663 · 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) hammer (c) circus
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) circus
  5. 5.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
  7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) yarn
  9. 9.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  10. 10.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) thermometer
  14. 14.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) computer (c) torch
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  17. 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) flower (c) guitar
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) shark (c) bird
  20. 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  22. 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) circle (c) burger
  24. 24.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) fork
  26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  27. 27.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) car
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) burger
  30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  32. 32.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yurn
  33. 33.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) star (c) burger
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circle (c) fork
  37. 37.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) car
  40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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