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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 678 · 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) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) star
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turtle (c) circle
  4. 4.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) flower
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) circle (c) burger
  7. 7.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) hammer (c) girl
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) circle
  11. 11.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  15. 15.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) torch
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) hammer
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) torch (c) turkey
  19. 19.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  20. 20.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  21. 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  22. 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  23. 23.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) unicorn
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) unicorn
  26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
  27. 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) yarn
  29. 29.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) circle
  32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) ladder
  34. 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  36. 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  38. 38.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  39. 39.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn

Answer key

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

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