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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 722 · 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) scarf (b) scorf (c) scurf
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) burger
  3. 3.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) girl
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) bird
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) third (c) burger
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) unicorn
  8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) first
  10. 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
  11. 11.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  12. 12.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  13. 13.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) computer
  15. 15.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  16. 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitor (c) guitar
  18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  19. 19.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) butter (c) torch
  21. 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  22. 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) star
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) car (c) turkey
  25. 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) jar
  27. 27.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  29. 29.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  30. 30.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) dart
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) first
  33. 33.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  34. 34.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) circus
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) bird
  37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
  39. 39.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) unicorn

Answer key

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

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