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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 714 · 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) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
  2. 2.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) ladder
  4. 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) turtle
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  9. 9.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cur
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) thermometer
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) star (c) girl
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) circus (c) turtle
  13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  14. 14.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) ladder (c) turtle
  17. 17.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) paper (c) turkey
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) first
  20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) flower
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) yarn (c) fork
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) star
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
  26. 26.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) purple (c) corn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) shark
  30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) bird
  32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) turtle
  34. 34.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  35. 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  36. 36.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  37. 37.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) circle
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) first
  40. 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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