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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 345 · 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) thermometer (b) yarn (c) popcorn
  2. 2.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  3. 3.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  4. 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  5. 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) corn (c) car
  7. 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  8. 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  9. 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  10. 10.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) third
  13. 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) tiger
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) guitar
  19. 19.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  21. 21.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) ladder
  23. 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) bird
  25. 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) corn
  28. 28.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  29. 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
  30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  31. 31.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigar (c) tigor
  32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) guitar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) turtle (c) circus
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) car (c) bird
  36. 36.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  37. 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
  38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) fork (c) guitar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) car (c) spider

Answer key

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

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