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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 952 · 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) corn (b) cern (c) carn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) third
  3. 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  4. 4.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  5. 5.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dirt
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) circus (c) purple
  7. 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) hammer (c) yarn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) burger (c) guitar
  11. 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  12. 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  13. 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  15. 15.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  16. 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) burger
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  19. 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  20. 20.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) girl
  22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) star (c) bird
  24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) popcorn
  28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
  33. 33.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  34. 34.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) fork
  40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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