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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 667 · 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.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) unicorn (c) girl
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) circle (c) guitar
  5. 5.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  6. 6.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
  8. 8.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) shurk
  10. 10.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
  12. 12.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) third (c) torch
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) tiger
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) car
  16. 16.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) jar
  19. 19.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  20. 20.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  21. 21.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  22. 22.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) torch
  24. 24.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) torch
  26. 26.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  27. 27.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  28. 28.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) car
  30. 30.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  31. 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  32. 32.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
  33. 33.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) purple (c) tiger
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) girl (c) spider
  36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) popcorn
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) bird (c) turkey
  40. 40.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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