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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 117 · 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 “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) turtle
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) circle
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) corn (c) star
  5. 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  7. 7.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  9. 9.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  10. 10.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  11. 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) flower
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) scarf
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) turkey
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) paper (c) bird
  17. 17.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  19. 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) tiger
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) torch
  22. 22.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  23. 23.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  24. 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  25. 25.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) third (c) yarn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) hammer
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) turtle
  29. 29.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) circle
  31. 31.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
  32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
  33. 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) torch
  35. 35.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  36. 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  37. 37.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  38. 38.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er

Answer key

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

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