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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 637 · 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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) yarn (c) turkey
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) fork (c) butter
  5. 5.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) bird (c) thermometer
  7. 7.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  8. 8.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) buttar (c) butter
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) star (c) turkey
  10. 10.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitur (c) guitar
  11. 11.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) fork
  13. 13.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  14. 14.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  15. 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  16. 16.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) bird
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) flower (c) popcorn
  20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  21. 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) computer (c) yarn
  23. 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcern (c) popcorn
  24. 24.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  25. 25.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) girl (c) turkey
  27. 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) scarf (c) burger
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) star (c) flower
  30. 30.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  32. 32.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  33. 33.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) spider (c) shark
  36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) spider (c) turtle
  38. 38.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) third
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) circus (c) fork

Answer key

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

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