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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 706 · 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 “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) yarn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) flower (c) popcorn
  4. 4.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) ferk
  6. 6.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  7. 7.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  8. 8.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  9. 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  10. 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  11. 11.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) hammer
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) bird
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) turkey
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) butter
  16. 16.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  17. 17.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) butter
  19. 19.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) corn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) torch
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) tiger
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) unicorn
  26. 26.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  27. 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) guitar
  30. 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  31. 31.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  32. 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) shark
  34. 34.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  35. 35.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  36. 36.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  37. 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) torch
  39. 39.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) purple

Answer key

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

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