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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 682 · 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) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) girl
  3. 3.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  4. 4.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) computer (c) guitar
  6. 6.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) turkey (c) bird
  8. 8.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) durt (c) dart
  12. 12.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) tiger (c) circus
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) yarn (c) purple
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) burger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) corn (c) purple
  17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) girl (c) corn
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) first (c) turtle
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) girl (c) turtle
  21. 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  23. 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  24. 24.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  25. 25.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) circus
  27. 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) tiger
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) flower (c) circle
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) jar
  32. 32.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) unicorn (c) spider
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) bird
  35. 35.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) turkey (c) hammer
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  39. 39.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  40. 40.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern

Answer key

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

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