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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 739 · 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 “ar”? (a) girl (b) car (c) corn
  2. 2.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
  3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) circus
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) purple
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) computer
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) flower (c) turtle
  8. 8.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) dart
  10. 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) paper
  12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) ladder
  14. 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  15. 15.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) burger
  19. 19.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) unicorn (c) guitar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) hammer (c) fork
  23. 23.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  24. 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  25. 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) carn (c) corn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) paper
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circle (c) hammer
  28. 28.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  29. 29.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
  30. 30.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) torch
  32. 32.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  35. 35.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  36. 36.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  37. 37.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) spider (c) unicorn
  39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) first

Answer key

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

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