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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 781 · 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 “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) car
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) circus
  3. 3.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  4. 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) circle
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) guitar
  9. 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) first (c) unicorn
  11. 11.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  12. 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  13. 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  14. 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) third
  16. 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  18. 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  19. 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) flower
  23. 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) purple
  25. 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) scarf
  27. 27.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
  29. 29.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
  30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  34. 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) fork (c) circle
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) third
  37. 37.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) spider
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) car (c) corn
  40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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