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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 708 · 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) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  2. 2.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
  4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  5. 5.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  6. 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  7. 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  8. 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  10. 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  11. 11.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) star
  13. 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) fork
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) computer
  17. 17.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  18. 18.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) tiger
  20. 20.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) torch
  22. 22.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) guitar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) first (c) unicorn
  26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  27. 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) turtle
  30. 30.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) purple (c) fork
  33. 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  34. 34.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  35. 35.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) first (c) corn
  37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) car
  40. 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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