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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 673 · 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) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) jar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) burger
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) fork
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) circle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) car
  7. 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) jar (c) purple
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) unicorn
  10. 10.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  11. 11.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
  13. 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) spider
  15. 15.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) purple
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) scarf (c) purple
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) car (c) fork
  19. 19.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) circus
  21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) star
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) purple
  24. 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
  26. 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  27. 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) spider (c) unicorn
  29. 29.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) paper
  32. 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
  33. 33.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  34. 34.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) circle
  36. 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  40. 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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