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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 128 · 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.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  3. 3.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) star
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) first (c) turkey
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) girl
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) girl
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circus
  9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  10. 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
  11. 11.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) unicorn
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) paper
  14. 14.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) scarf
  16. 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  18. 18.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) yarn
  20. 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) spider
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) third
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) butter (c) turkey
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) tiger (c) scarf
  25. 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  27. 27.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  28. 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  29. 29.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
  30. 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
  31. 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fark (c) fork
  32. 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  33. 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) circle
  36. 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) circle
  38. 38.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  40. 40.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor

Answer key

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

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