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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 19 · 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) dart (b) dort (c) dert
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  3. 3.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  4. 4.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  7. 7.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  8. 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) corn (c) yarn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) thermometer
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  14. 14.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) third (c) torch
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) car (c) girl
  18. 18.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) girl
  22. 22.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) burger
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  25. 25.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  26. 26.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  28. 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  29. 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  31. 31.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  33. 33.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) jar (c) unicorn
  35. 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) butter (c) corn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) scarf (c) ladder
  38. 38.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) guitar

Answer key

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

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