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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 124 · 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.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) turtle
  3. 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) burger (c) butter
  5. 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) star
  8. 8.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) star
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) car (c) turkey
  11. 11.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
  13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) spider
  15. 15.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  16. 16.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) torch (c) dart
  18. 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
  19. 19.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) guitar
  21. 21.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) unicorn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) turkey
  24. 24.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  25. 25.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) torch
  27. 27.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  28. 28.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) jar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) third
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) fork (c) spider
  33. 33.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) paper (c) jar
  37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
  38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  39. 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar

Answer key

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

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