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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 874 · 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.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  2. 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  3. 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) scarf (c) corn
  5. 5.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  6. 6.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) butter (c) girl
  8. 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) hammer (c) burger
  10. 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) scarf
  12. 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) star
  14. 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  15. 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  16. 16.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  19. 19.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yirn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) guitar
  21. 21.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  22. 22.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) third
  24. 24.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) shark
  26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  27. 27.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) ladder
  29. 29.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) first (c) turkey
  31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
  32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) ladder
  34. 34.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  35. 35.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  38. 38.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  39. 39.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
  40. 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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