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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 531 · 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) thord (b) third (c) thard
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  3. 3.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) spider
  5. 5.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  6. 6.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) yarn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) third
  13. 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) paper
  16. 16.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) purple
  18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  19. 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  20. 20.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) burger
  22. 22.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) scarf
  24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) fork
  26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) butter (c) shark
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) scarf
  29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) star (c) fork
  32. 32.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  35. 35.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  36. 36.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  39. 39.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar

Answer key

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

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