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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 54 · 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.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  2. 2.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) jar
  4. 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
  5. 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  6. 6.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) yarn (c) computer
  9. 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) flower
  11. 11.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  12. 12.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  13. 13.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  14. 14.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) third (c) corn
  16. 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) ladder (c) shark
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) thermometer
  19. 19.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) purple (c) bird
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) purple
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) unicorn (c) turkey
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) scarf
  24. 24.🦈 Which word is this? (a) sherk (b) shork (c) shark
  25. 25.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  28. 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  29. 29.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  30. 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  31. 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yern
  32. 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  33. 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  35. 35.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  36. 36.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  37. 37.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cor (c) cur
  38. 38.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) star (c) stor
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) purple (c) star

Answer key

  1. or
  2. ir
  3. butter
  4. thermometer
  5. bird
  6. ar
  7. er
  8. girl
  9. ar
  10. flower
  11. computer
  12. girl
  13. popcorn
  14. paper
  15. third
  16. er
  17. ladder
  18. thermometer
  19. er
  20. bird
  21. purple
  22. turkey
  23. scarf
  24. shark
  25. ur
  26. ir
  27. flower
  28. ir
  29. torch
  30. scarf
  31. yarn
  32. ur
  33. or
  34. circle
  35. turkey
  36. butter
  37. car
  38. ar
  39. star
  40. star

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