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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 837 · 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) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  2. 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) unicorn
  4. 4.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  5. 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  7. 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  8. 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  9. 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  10. 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) bird
  12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) bird
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) popcorn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) girl
  16. 16.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) car (c) paper
  18. 18.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) burger
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) turkey
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) yarn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) guitar
  24. 24.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  25. 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  26. 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) star (c) corn
  30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) circus
  32. 32.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) guitar
  34. 34.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  36. 36.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  38. 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) car
  40. 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus

Answer key

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

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