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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 872 · 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) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) burger
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) car (c) corn
  4. 4.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  7. 7.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  8. 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) guitar
  11. 11.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
  12. 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yorn (c) yarn
  13. 13.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) corn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) star (c) ladder
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) burger
  17. 17.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) unicorn
  20. 20.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  21. 21.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  22. 22.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) purple
  24. 24.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) burger (c) scarf
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) car (c) flower
  27. 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) corn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) first (c) flower
  30. 30.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) girl
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) girl
  34. 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  36. 36.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  37. 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  39. 39.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  40. 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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