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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 994 · 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) cir (c) car
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) bird (c) fork
  3. 3.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
  6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
  7. 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  8. 8.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) paper
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) torch
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) computer (c) unicorn
  12. 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) flower (c) shark
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) corn (c) turtle
  15. 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) circle
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
  20. 20.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
  22. 22.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  25. 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
  26. 26.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  27. 27.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turkey (c) torch
  29. 29.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  33. 33.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) ladder
  35. 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) durt
  36. 36.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  37. 37.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  38. 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) unicorn
  40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar

Answer key

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

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