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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 944 · 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) cor (b) cur (c) car
  2. 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  3. 3.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  4. 4.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) third (c) fork
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) fork
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) computer
  9. 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) circle
  12. 12.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
  13. 13.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) corn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) corn (c) turtle
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) computer (c) torch
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) butter
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) circus
  21. 21.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) bird (c) yarn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) star (c) turtle
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) butter
  26. 26.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) third
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) yarn
  29. 29.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) jar (c) fork
  31. 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) corn (c) turkey
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) dart (c) popcorn
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  37. 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  38. 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  40. 40.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third

Answer key

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

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