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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 641 · 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.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  2. 2.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spider (c) spidor
  5. 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) scarf
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) shark
  8. 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) dart (c) fork
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) burger
  11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) purple (c) popcorn
  13. 13.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) car
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) shark
  16. 16.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) butter
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) torch
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) computer (c) fork
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) star
  21. 21.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) computer (c) corn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) bird (c) turtle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) ladder
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) circus
  26. 26.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) star
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) hammer
  29. 29.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicurn
  34. 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  35. 35.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) third
  37. 37.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) butter (c) purple
  39. 39.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yorn (c) yarn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) paper (c) circle

Answer key

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

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