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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 573 · 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) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) fork
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) star
  4. 4.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) butter
  6. 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) firk
  7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jur (c) jar
  8. 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) corn (c) turtle
  10. 10.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  12. 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) bird (c) popcorn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) bird (c) computer
  15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  16. 16.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  17. 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) star
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) first
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) flower
  21. 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  22. 22.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  23. 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  24. 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  25. 25.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) popcorn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) paper
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) tiger (c) circle
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) flower
  31. 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) fork (c) third
  33. 33.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  34. 34.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  36. 36.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  39. 39.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  40. 40.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) carcus (c) corcus

Answer key

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

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