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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 746 · 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) laddar (b) ladder (c) laddor
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turtle
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) torch
  4. 4.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) purple (c) corn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) scarf
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) ladder
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) third (c) hammer
  10. 10.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) third (c) thord
  11. 11.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) corn (c) third
  13. 13.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  14. 14.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  15. 15.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) ladder (b) corn (c) star
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) spider (c) turkey
  19. 19.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  20. 20.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
  22. 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  23. 23.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) turtle (c) third
  25. 25.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  26. 26.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tirch (c) tarch
  27. 27.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jir (c) jor
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) spider (c) corn
  30. 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) bird
  32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  33. 33.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  34. 34.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcirn
  35. 35.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) third (c) thermometer
  37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  38. 38.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  39. 39.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shurk
  40. 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) car (c) cor

Answer key

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

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