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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 900 · 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) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  2. 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) first
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) thermometer
  5. 5.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) turtle
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) guitar
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) circus
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) circle
  11. 11.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) star
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) spider
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) unicorn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) burger
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) butter (c) fork
  18. 18.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
  19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  20. 20.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  23. 23.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) circus
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) first
  26. 26.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) popcorn (c) hammer
  28. 28.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) dart (c) purple
  30. 30.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) purple
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) burger
  33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  35. 35.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) dart
  37. 37.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
  39. 39.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  40. 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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