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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 929 · 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) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  3. 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  4. 4.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  5. 5.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  6. 6.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) computer
  8. 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  9. 9.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  10. 10.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  11. 11.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) corn
  13. 13.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) torch (c) car
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) computer (c) bird
  16. 16.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) dart
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) torch
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) star
  20. 20.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) first (c) unicorn
  22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) butter (c) bird
  24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  26. 26.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) unicorn
  28. 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  29. 29.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  30. 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  31. 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  33. 33.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  34. 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) circle
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) fork (c) star
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) popcorn
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) butter (c) circus
  39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) paper (c) turtle

Answer key

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

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