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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 986 · 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) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) fork (c) third
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  4. 4.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  5. 5.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  6. 6.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  7. 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  9. 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) furk (c) fark
  11. 11.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  13. 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  14. 14.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) tiger
  16. 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) girl (c) torch
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) popcorn
  22. 22.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  23. 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) star (c) torch
  25. 25.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  26. 26.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) bird
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) spider (c) purple
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) first
  30. 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) corn
  32. 32.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
  33. 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guiter (c) guitar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) ladder
  37. 37.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) paper
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) burger
  40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn

Answer key

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

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