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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 729 · 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) hammer (b) hammar (c) hammor
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  3. 3.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) third (c) turtle
  5. 5.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) first (c) turtle
  9. 9.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
  10. 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  11. 11.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  13. 13.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  14. 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  15. 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor
  16. 16.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
  17. 17.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) yarn
  19. 19.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) bird (c) car
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) first
  22. 22.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  23. 23.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) circus (c) purple
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circle (c) guitar
  26. 26.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) yarn (c) popcorn
  29. 29.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  30. 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yern (b) yarn (c) yorn
  31. 31.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) scarf
  33. 33.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  34. 34.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  35. 35.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  36. 36.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) turch
  37. 37.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  38. 38.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) unicorn (c) car

Answer key

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

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