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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 427 · 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) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  2. 2.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) circle
  4. 4.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  5. 5.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) popcorn
  8. 8.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  10. 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dert
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) scarf
  12. 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  14. 14.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) popcorn (c) bird
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) popcorn (c) computer
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) bird (c) corn
  18. 18.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  19. 19.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) dart
  21. 21.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) tarch (c) torch
  22. 22.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  23. 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) flower (c) guitar
  25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  26. 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  27. 27.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) corn
  29. 29.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) yarn (c) turkey
  31. 31.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  32. 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) circus
  34. 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  35. 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  37. 37.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
  38. 38.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  39. 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger

Answer key

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

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