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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 334 · 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 “ar”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) star
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) third (c) corn
  3. 3.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  4. 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) thermometer
  6. 6.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) yarn
  8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  9. 9.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
  10. 10.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  11. 11.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) purple
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) unicorn (c) jar
  15. 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
  16. 16.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) third
  18. 18.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  19. 19.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  22. 22.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  23. 23.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  24. 24.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) scarf (c) butter
  26. 26.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  27. 27.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) turtle
  30. 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) turtle
  32. 32.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  33. 33.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  34. 34.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) torch (c) turkey
  37. 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) first
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) fork
  40. 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar

Answer key

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

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