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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 676 · 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) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) scarf
  3. 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) burger
  5. 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) circle
  7. 7.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  8. 8.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  9. 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) dart
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) star
  13. 13.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  15. 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) paper
  17. 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  18. 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) tiger
  20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) jar (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) popcorn
  23. 23.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  24. 24.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) car (c) cor
  25. 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  26. 26.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) burger
  28. 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) purple (c) torch
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) third
  33. 33.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
  37. 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  38. 38.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk

Answer key

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

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