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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 593 · 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 has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) turkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) thermometer (c) dart
  3. 3.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  4. 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) circus (c) dart
  6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) jar (c) turtle
  8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  9. 9.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  10. 10.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) flower
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) purple
  13. 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fark (c) fork
  15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  16. 16.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) burger
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  19. 19.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  20. 20.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  21. 21.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  22. 22.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  23. 23.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
  24. 24.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  26. 26.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  27. 27.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) purple (c) shark
  30. 30.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) third
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  33. 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) star
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) fork
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) paper
  37. 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcirn
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) spider
  39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  40. 40.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor

Answer key

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

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