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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 877 · 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 “ir”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) girl
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) third (c) purple
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) third
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) circle
  5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) yarn (c) burger
  7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) computer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) scarf
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) circus
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) fork (c) paper
  13. 13.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
  14. 14.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jur
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) yarn
  16. 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) spider
  18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  19. 19.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  21. 21.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  22. 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) flower
  24. 24.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  25. 25.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) corn (c) jar
  27. 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) circle
  29. 29.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) jar
  31. 31.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  32. 32.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  33. 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) car
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) purple
  36. 36.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  37. 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) hammer
  40. 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first

Answer key

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

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