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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 741 · 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.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) thermometer (c) car
  3. 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  5. 5.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) burger (c) shark
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) spider
  8. 8.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  9. 9.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
  10. 10.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) flower (c) popcorn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) third (c) guitar
  15. 15.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) dart (c) fork
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) dart (c) first
  18. 18.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  19. 19.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) third (c) paper
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) circus
  22. 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) bird (c) torch
  24. 24.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) spider
  26. 26.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dirt (c) dart
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) circle
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) jar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) star
  32. 32.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  33. 33.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) circus (c) car
  35. 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) scarf
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) dart
  39. 39.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car

Answer key

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

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