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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 660 · 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.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  2. 2.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) corn
  4. 4.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) scarf
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) first
  7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shirk (c) shark
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) purple
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) flower (c) turtle
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) torch
  12. 12.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) scarf (c) unicorn
  14. 14.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) star (c) turtle
  16. 16.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) girl (c) turtle
  19. 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  20. 20.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) ladder
  22. 22.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  24. 24.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) thermometer
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) turkey
  28. 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  29. 29.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  30. 30.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
  31. 31.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  32. 32.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  33. 33.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) tiger (c) turkey
  35. 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  36. 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  37. 37.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) guitar
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddar (c) laddor

Answer key

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

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