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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 490 · 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.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  2. 2.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) bird
  4. 4.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  5. 5.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  6. 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) ster
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) jar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) computer
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) turkey
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) burger
  11. 11.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  12. 12.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) hammer
  15. 15.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jir (b) jar (c) jor
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) bird
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) tiger
  21. 21.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  22. 22.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) popcorn
  24. 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) guitar
  26. 26.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) yarn
  28. 28.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  29. 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  30. 30.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  31. 31.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cur (c) car
  32. 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  33. 33.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) hammer (c) fork
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) purple
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) tiger (c) fork
  39. 39.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) purple

Answer key

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

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