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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 338 · 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) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  2. 2.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) unicorn
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) girl (c) guitar
  5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  7. 7.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) turkey
  9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  10. 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  11. 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) circus (c) torch
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) popcorn
  14. 14.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  16. 16.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) spider (c) bird
  18. 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) first
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) circle
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) turtle
  24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) tirch
  25. 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  26. 26.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  27. 27.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  28. 28.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  29. 29.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cir
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) thermometer
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) flower (c) purple
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  33. 33.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  34. 34.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) girl
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) purple
  37. 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) thermometer (c) first
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) turkey
  40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird

Answer key

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

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