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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 167 · 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 “ur”? (a) jar (b) circle (c) turtle
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) popcorn (c) purple
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) fork
  6. 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  7. 7.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) turkey
  9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) third
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) torch
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) turtle
  13. 13.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) turkey (c) spider
  15. 15.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) turtle (c) girl
  17. 17.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  18. 18.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) computer
  20. 20.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) girl
  22. 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  24. 24.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
  27. 27.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) fork (c) hammer
  29. 29.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  30. 30.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guiter (c) guitor
  31. 31.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) thermometer
  33. 33.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  34. 34.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  35. 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) third (c) paper
  37. 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  39. 39.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turkey

Answer key

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

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