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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 691 · 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) turch (c) tarch
  2. 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  3. 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  4. 4.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) star
  6. 6.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) fork
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) shark (c) paper
  9. 9.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
  10. 10.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) fork (c) scarf
  12. 12.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  13. 13.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  14. 14.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) first
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) thermometer
  17. 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  18. 18.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  19. 19.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicern
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) paper
  21. 21.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) yarn (c) turkey
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) third
  24. 24.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) car
  26. 26.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) paper
  28. 28.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  29. 29.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  30. 30.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  31. 31.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) ster (c) stor
  32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
  33. 33.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  35. 35.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  36. 36.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) spider
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) car (c) ladder
  39. 39.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord

Answer key

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

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