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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 674 · 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) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
  2. 2.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  4. 4.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
  5. 5.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  6. 6.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) turtle (c) car
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) paper (c) scarf
  9. 9.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
  10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  11. 11.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  14. 14.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) fork (c) turtle
  16. 16.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) fork
  18. 18.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
  19. 19.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
  20. 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  21. 21.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  22. 22.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) scarf
  24. 24.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) burger
  26. 26.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) shark
  29. 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cirn (c) corn
  30. 30.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) yarn (c) spider
  32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) computer (c) circle
  34. 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  35. 35.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) turkey
  37. 37.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  39. 39.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  40. 40.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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