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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 156 · 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) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) turkey
  3. 3.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) burger (c) corn
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) bird (c) scarf
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) jar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) computer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) ladder (c) torch
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) dart (c) paper
  11. 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) butter
  13. 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  14. 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  15. 15.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  16. 16.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) torch
  18. 18.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) car (c) unicorn
  21. 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  22. 22.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) scarf
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) purple
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) first
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) guitar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) shark
  28. 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  29. 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) corn (c) butter
  31. 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) bird
  34. 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  35. 35.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  36. 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  37. 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) girl
  39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark

Answer key

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

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