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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 887 · 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) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) circle
  4. 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  5. 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) guitar (c) unicorn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) flower (c) burger
  8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  9. 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) borger (c) barger
  10. 10.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) spider (c) girl
  14. 14.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) star (c) fork
  16. 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) burger (c) butter
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) turtle
  21. 21.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  23. 23.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) flower
  26. 26.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  27. 27.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  28. 28.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) tiger (c) jar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) star (c) torch
  31. 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  32. 32.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) burger
  34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
  38. 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) purple (c) guitar
  40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl

Answer key

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

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