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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 414 · 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.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) torch
  3. 3.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  4. 4.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) circle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) paper (c) corn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) bird (c) torch
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) fork
  9. 9.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) turkey
  12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) dart
  15. 15.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  16. 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  18. 18.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  19. 19.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) tiger
  21. 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  22. 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  23. 23.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  24. 24.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  25. 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) girl
  27. 27.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) third (c) ladder
  29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  30. 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  31. 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  32. 32.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  33. 33.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) car
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) shark (c) purple
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) butter
  37. 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) thermometer

Answer key

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

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