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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 717 · 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) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) spider (c) fork
  3. 3.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) computer (c) turkey
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) jar
  6. 6.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  7. 7.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) torch (c) turtle
  9. 9.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  10. 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  11. 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) star (c) popcorn
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) butter (c) yarn
  14. 14.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  15. 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  16. 16.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  17. 17.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cer (b) cor (c) car
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) hammer (c) fork
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) ladder
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) tiger
  21. 21.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  22. 22.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) turtle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) jar
  25. 25.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  26. 26.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  27. 27.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcurn (c) popcorn
  28. 28.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  29. 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circus (b) popcorn (c) star
  31. 31.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yern (c) yarn
  32. 32.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  33. 33.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) computer
  35. 35.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  36. 36.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
  37. 37.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) car
  39. 39.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  40. 40.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar

Answer key

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

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