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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 106 · 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 “ir”? (a) girl (b) corn (c) burger
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) guitar (c) purple
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) turtle
  6. 6.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  7. 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  10. 10.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  11. 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
  12. 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) ladder (c) purple
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) first
  17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
  18. 18.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) girl
  20. 20.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  21. 21.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) purple
  24. 24.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
  25. 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) corn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) spider
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) car (c) thermometer
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) first
  30. 30.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  31. 31.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  32. 32.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) scarf (b) bird (c) turkey
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  37. 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) butter
  40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord

Answer key

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

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