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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 638 · 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) dort (b) dart (c) durt
  2. 2.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
  4. 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jar (c) jor
  5. 5.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) ladder (c) third
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) girl (c) shark
  8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) shark (c) circus
  10. 10.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) circus (c) turkey
  12. 12.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  14. 14.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computor (c) computar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) shark (c) burger
  16. 16.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) torch
  19. 19.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) spider (c) shark
  21. 21.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcorn (c) popcarn
  22. 22.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  23. 23.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  24. 24.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  25. 25.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  26. 26.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  27. 27.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  28. 28.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) guitar
  30. 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) circle (c) burger
  32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) tiger
  34. 34.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) bird (c) flower
  36. 36.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) turtle (c) jar
  38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  39. 39.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
  40. 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or

Answer key

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

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