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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 762 · 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) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  2. 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  3. 3.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  4. 4.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) star
  6. 6.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) torch
  8. 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  9. 9.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  10. 10.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) hammer
  12. 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) spider
  14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  15. 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
  16. 16.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  17. 17.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) car (c) spider
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) tiger
  20. 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) torch
  22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  23. 23.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
  25. 25.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) scarf
  27. 27.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  28. 28.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  30. 30.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) circle (c) unicorn
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  33. 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) circus
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) car
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) girl
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) unicorn
  40. 40.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor

Answer key

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

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