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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 943 · 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) popcorn (b) guitar (c) first
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) bird
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) girl
  4. 4.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  6. 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  7. 7.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) fork (c) third
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) shark (c) turkey
  11. 11.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) corn
  13. 13.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) car
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) purple
  16. 16.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) corn
  19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) turkey
  21. 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) jar (c) flower
  24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
  25. 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  26. 26.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) circle (c) shark
  28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) tiger (c) jar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) bird (c) unicorn
  31. 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  32. 32.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  35. 35.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) car
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) star
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) yarn
  39. 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  40. 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard

Answer key

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

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