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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 679 · 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) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  2. 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) yarn (c) tiger
  4. 4.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) turtle
  6. 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  7. 7.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) spider
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) flower (c) torch
  10. 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) guitar
  12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  14. 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) third
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) purple
  18. 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  19. 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) computer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) paper
  22. 22.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) dart (c) purple
  24. 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  25. 25.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  26. 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  27. 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) jar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) spider (c) popcorn
  30. 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) popcorn (c) ladder
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) star (c) girl
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) first (c) turkey
  34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) turtle
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) spider
  37. 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) burger (c) unicorn
  39. 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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