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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 93 · 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) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  2. 2.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  3. 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
  4. 4.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  5. 5.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) thermometer (c) torch
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) shark (c) thermometer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) fork
  10. 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) bird
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) turkey
  13. 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) third
  15. 15.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) burger (c) jar
  17. 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
  18. 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) circus
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) purple
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) ladder (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) car
  23. 23.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) torch
  26. 26.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  28. 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  30. 30.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) bird
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turkey (c) yarn
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  35. 35.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) paper (c) third
  37. 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  38. 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) flower
  40. 40.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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