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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 440 · 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) girl (b) hammer (c) star
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) car (c) circus
  3. 3.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  4. 4.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  5. 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  6. 6.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  7. 7.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) purple (c) scarf
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) unicorn (c) guitar
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) corn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) spider (c) turkey
  12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  13. 13.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
  14. 14.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  15. 15.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  16. 16.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  17. 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  18. 18.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) first
  20. 20.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) shark
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) turkey (c) guitar
  23. 23.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circus
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turtle (c) corn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) circus
  27. 27.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) scarf
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) popcorn
  30. 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  31. 31.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) thermometer (c) fork
  34. 34.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
  36. 36.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  38. 38.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
  39. 39.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur

Answer key

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

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