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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 858 · 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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  2. 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) yarn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) star (c) unicorn
  5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) popcorn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) turkey
  8. 8.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  9. 9.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  10. 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
  11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) guitar (c) turkey
  13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  14. 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  15. 15.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) popcorn
  17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) guitar (c) hammer
  19. 19.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  21. 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) turtle
  24. 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) burger
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) scarf
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) first
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
  29. 29.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  30. 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) turkey
  34. 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) thermometer
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) circle
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) turkey
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) scarf (c) corn
  40. 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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