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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 423 · 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) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  2. 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) jar
  4. 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  5. 5.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) popcorn
  9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  10. 10.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shark (c) shork
  11. 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) car (c) burger
  15. 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
  16. 16.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  19. 19.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  22. 22.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  23. 23.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) computer
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) turkey (c) ladder
  28. 28.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) bird
  30. 30.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) corn (c) carn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
  32. 32.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  34. 34.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  36. 36.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) paper
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) bird
  39. 39.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  40. 40.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first

Answer key

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

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