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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 454 · 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.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) thermometer
  4. 4.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) guitar
  6. 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) jar (c) purple
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) star
  9. 9.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  10. 10.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  11. 11.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  12. 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  13. 13.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  15. 15.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  17. 17.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) paper
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) flower (b) burger (c) first
  20. 20.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) star (c) popcorn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) shark
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) turtle
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) burger
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) girl (c) unicorn
  28. 28.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) thard (c) third
  29. 29.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  30. 30.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  31. 31.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  32. 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  34. 34.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) paper (c) star
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) tiger (c) popcorn
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) thermometer
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) tiger (c) third
  40. 40.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple

Answer key

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

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