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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 696 · 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 “er”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) spider
  2. 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) turtle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) circus
  5. 5.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) flower
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) torch
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) circle (c) jar
  10. 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  12. 12.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) circle
  17. 17.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
  19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  21. 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) scarf (c) corn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) turtle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) shark
  25. 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) purple
  27. 27.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  28. 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) popcorn
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) third (c) guitar
  31. 31.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) third (c) fork
  33. 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  34. 34.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  35. 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  36. 36.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  37. 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  40. 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle

Answer key

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

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