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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 899 · 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 “or”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) bird
  2. 2.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  3. 3.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) bird
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) ladder
  8. 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) purple
  10. 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  13. 13.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) circle
  15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  17. 17.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) dart (c) burger
  19. 19.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) butter
  22. 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  23. 23.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) flower
  26. 26.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) first (c) unicorn
  28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) fork
  31. 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) circus
  35. 35.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  36. 36.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
  37. 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) first
  39. 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) third (c) spider

Answer key

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

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