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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 110 · 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) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  2. 2.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star
  3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) paper
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) computer
  6. 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) jar
  9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  10. 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circle (c) star
  12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) jar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  16. 16.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) dart
  19. 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) first
  23. 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  24. 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  25. 25.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) girl (c) shark
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) hammer
  28. 28.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guiter
  33. 33.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  34. 34.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  36. 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) torch (c) tarch
  38. 38.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) bird
  40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn

Answer key

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

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