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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 712 · 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.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  2. 2.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) jar
  4. 4.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) firk (c) fark
  5. 5.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) shark
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) circle
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) burger
  9. 9.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) fork (c) flower
  11. 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yirn (c) yorn
  12. 12.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) fork (c) guitar
  14. 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  15. 15.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) jar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) torch (c) turtle
  19. 19.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
  21. 21.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  22. 22.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  23. 23.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) dart (c) bird
  25. 25.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) star (c) tiger
  27. 27.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  28. 28.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) tiger
  30. 30.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  31. 31.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scurf (c) scarf
  32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  34. 34.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) scarf
  36. 36.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) scarf (c) circle
  38. 38.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  39. 39.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shork (c) shark
  40. 40.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar

Answer key

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

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