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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 763 · 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) fork (b) fark (c) furk
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) shark
  3. 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) circle (c) paper
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) turkey
  7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  8. 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) flower
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) bird
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) girl (c) turkey
  12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) girl
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) burger
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  17. 17.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  19. 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) flower
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) thermometer
  22. 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) corn (c) turtle
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) paper
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) burger (c) fork
  28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
  29. 29.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  31. 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
  32. 32.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) first (c) spider
  34. 34.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) flower (c) torch
  36. 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) unicorn (c) star
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) corn (c) purple
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
  40. 40.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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