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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 474 · 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) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  4. 4.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) star (c) computer
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) paper
  7. 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  8. 8.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  9. 9.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) first
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) bird (c) turtle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circle
  13. 13.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  14. 14.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  16. 16.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turkey (c) shark
  19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  20. 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) jar (c) corn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) first
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) circle
  25. 25.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
  26. 26.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) purple
  28. 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  29. 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  31. 31.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) turtle
  33. 33.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  34. 34.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  35. 35.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  36. 36.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) first (c) corn
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) flower
  39. 39.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  40. 40.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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