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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 112 · 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.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  4. 4.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) torch
  7. 7.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  8. 8.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
  9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  10. 10.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) butter (c) corn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) torch
  13. 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  14. 14.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) burger (c) car
  17. 17.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  19. 19.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  20. 20.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) star
  23. 23.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) burger
  25. 25.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  27. 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) unicorn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) turtle
  30. 30.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) fork
  32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) computer (c) torch
  34. 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) flower (c) car
  37. 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) star
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) paper (c) turtle
  40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn

Answer key

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

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