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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 888 · 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) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  3. 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  6. 6.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) butter
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) jar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) third (c) fork
  11. 11.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) unicorn
  13. 13.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) torch
  17. 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) forst (c) farst
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
  19. 19.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) car (c) burger
  21. 21.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  22. 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) third (c) scarf
  27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  28. 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) scarf
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) purple
  31. 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  32. 32.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  33. 33.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) hammer
  35. 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  36. 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) bird
  39. 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  40. 40.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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