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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 748 · 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) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) torch
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) scarf
  4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitir (c) guitar
  5. 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  7. 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  8. 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) turtle
  10. 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  12. 12.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) guitar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) car
  15. 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) computer
  17. 17.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) circus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) car (c) turkey
  20. 20.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) purple
  22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  23. 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  24. 24.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) guitar
  26. 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) torch
  28. 28.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  29. 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
  31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
  32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) turkey
  34. 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  35. 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  36. 36.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) hammer (c) shark
  39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn

Answer key

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

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