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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 975 · 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) thermometer (b) fork (c) car
  2. 2.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) bird (c) ladder
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) third
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) torch (c) turkey
  7. 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) computer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) shark
  10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  11. 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) dart
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) circus
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) first (c) fork
  16. 16.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turtle (c) butter
  18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicirn (c) unicorn
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  22. 22.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  23. 23.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) paper (b) corn (c) jar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) purple (c) computer
  26. 26.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  27. 27.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  28. 28.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  29. 29.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
  33. 33.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) paper (c) unicorn
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
  36. 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) circus (c) turtle
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) third (c) fork
  39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) car (c) spider

Answer key

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

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