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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 861 · 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) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  3. 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) bird
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) shark
  6. 6.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) ladder
  10. 10.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  11. 11.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  12. 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  13. 13.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) purple
  15. 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  16. 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) flower
  19. 19.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) spider
  21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  22. 22.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) tiger
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  25. 25.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  26. 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) circle
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) jar (c) corn
  29. 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) unicorn
  31. 31.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) girl
  34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
  35. 35.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  36. 36.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
  37. 37.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) unicorn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) third (c) dart

Answer key

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

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