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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 698 · 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) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) star (c) stor
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) burger
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) shark
  6. 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  7. 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) jar
  9. 9.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  10. 10.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) ladder (c) turtle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) computer (c) first
  13. 13.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
  14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  15. 15.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  16. 16.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  17. 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) hammer (c) unicorn
  20. 20.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) burger
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) unicorn
  23. 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  24. 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  25. 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) girl
  27. 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) guitar
  29. 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  31. 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  34. 34.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) turkey
  36. 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) jar (c) bird
  40. 40.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer

Answer key

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

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