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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 704 · 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 “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) computer
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) jar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) fork
  4. 4.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) star (c) burger
  7. 7.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) torch
  10. 10.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) scarf
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) thermometer
  13. 13.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  17. 17.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  18. 18.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  19. 19.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) torch (c) purple
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  22. 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) popcorn
  24. 24.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) third
  26. 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) guitar (c) tiger
  28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  30. 30.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  32. 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) corn
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) car (c) purple
  35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) turtle
  38. 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn

Answer key

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

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