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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 803 · 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.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
  3. 3.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  6. 6.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  8. 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) car
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) tiger
  11. 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) unicorn
  13. 13.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  14. 14.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  15. 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) fork
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) purple
  19. 19.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) purple
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) girl
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) ladder
  23. 23.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) torch
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) butter (c) torch
  27. 27.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) turtle
  30. 30.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) car
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) burger
  33. 33.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  34. 34.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
  36. 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) tiger
  38. 38.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  39. 39.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) shark

Answer key

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

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