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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 494 · 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) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  2. 2.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  3. 3.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) bird
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) hammer
  6. 6.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  7. 7.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  8. 8.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) tiger
  10. 10.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) circus
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) circus (c) turtle
  13. 13.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) tiger
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  18. 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shirk
  20. 20.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  21. 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  22. 22.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) paper
  24. 24.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) guitar (c) popcorn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) tiger
  27. 27.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) fork
  30. 30.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  31. 31.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tortle (c) tartle
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) star (c) burger
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) unicorn
  36. 36.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) furk (c) fork
  37. 37.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  39. 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) girl (c) guitar

Answer key

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

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