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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 69 · 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 “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) shark
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) dart (c) flower
  3. 3.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) spider
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) computer
  6. 6.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  7. 7.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  9. 9.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) thermometer (c) girl
  11. 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) turkey
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) dart
  14. 14.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  15. 15.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) paper (c) papar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) turtle
  17. 17.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) bird
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) fork (c) bird
  20. 20.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  21. 21.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
  23. 23.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) turtle
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) first
  27. 27.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) star (c) purple
  29. 29.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  30. 30.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  31. 31.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  32. 32.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  33. 33.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  34. 34.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) sherk (c) shork
  36. 36.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  38. 38.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
  40. 40.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

Answer key

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

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