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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 753 · 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) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  2. 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  3. 3.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) corn
  5. 5.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) shark
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) fork
  8. 8.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) burger (c) ladder
  10. 10.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  13. 13.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  14. 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  15. 15.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) popcorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) girl
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) purple
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) burger
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) girl
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) unicorn
  22. 22.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  24. 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) shark
  28. 28.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  29. 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) paper (c) popcorn
  31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  32. 32.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) yarn
  34. 34.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  35. 35.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) tiger
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) yarn (c) first
  38. 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) third
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) scarf (c) fork

Answer key

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

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