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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 648 · 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) computer (b) turtle (c) corn
  2. 2.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) star (c) unicorn
  4. 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) burger
  8. 8.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  9. 9.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) hammer
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) corn
  13. 13.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) butter
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) tiger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) star (c) corn
  17. 17.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) hammer
  19. 19.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  21. 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitor (c) guitar
  22. 22.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  23. 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yarn (c) yurn
  24. 24.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  25. 25.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
  26. 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  27. 27.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  29. 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) scarf
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) purple (c) circle
  33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicirn
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) torch (c) dart
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) first (b) jar (c) computer
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) dart (c) fork
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) turtle
  38. 38.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  39. 39.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer

Answer key

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

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