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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 851 · 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 “ar”? (a) purple (b) paper (c) jar
  2. 2.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) scarf (c) torch
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) first
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) spider
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) dart
  7. 7.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) girl
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) torch
  10. 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  11. 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  13. 13.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jor (c) jar
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) first
  17. 17.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) scarf
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) guitar
  20. 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) burger
  22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) turtle
  27. 27.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  28. 28.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) scarf
  30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  31. 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) scarf (c) circus
  33. 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) paper (c) unicorn
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) popcorn (c) dart
  36. 36.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  37. 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  38. 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) yarn
  40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern

Answer key

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

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