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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 689 · 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 “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) dart
  2. 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
  3. 3.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
  4. 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  5. 5.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
  6. 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) star
  8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  10. 10.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  11. 11.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) fork
  13. 13.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  15. 15.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) corn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) flower
  18. 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  19. 19.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) bird
  21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  22. 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) star
  28. 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
  29. 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  30. 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) butter
  32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) corn
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) fork
  35. 35.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  37. 37.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
  38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  40. 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor

Answer key

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

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