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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 206 · 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) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  2. 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  3. 3.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) spider (c) burger
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) circle (c) tiger
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) bird
  8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  9. 9.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) popcorn
  11. 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) purple (c) torch
  13. 13.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  14. 14.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitur (c) guitor
  15. 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) thermometer
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) turkey (c) fork
  19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) turkey
  21. 21.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  22. 22.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) car
  24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  25. 25.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  26. 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  27. 27.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  29. 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  30. 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) jar
  32. 32.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  33. 33.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) purple
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) torch
  36. 36.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) yarn (c) tiger
  38. 38.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  40. 40.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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