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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 420 · 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.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  3. 3.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) star
  5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) jar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) purple
  9. 9.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  10. 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) hammer (c) third
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) computer
  13. 13.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  14. 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  15. 15.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
  16. 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  18. 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
  21. 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cer (c) car
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) burger (c) scarf
  23. 23.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  25. 25.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) third
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) first
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) thermometer
  29. 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) turtle
  33. 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  34. 34.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  36. 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turkey
  38. 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) durt
  39. 39.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

Answer key

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

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