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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 755 · 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) scurf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  3. 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) burger
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) star (c) thermometer
  6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicirn (c) unicarn
  7. 7.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  8. 8.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  9. 9.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cirn
  10. 10.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) car (c) circus
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) dart
  13. 13.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  14. 14.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  16. 16.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  17. 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) circle (c) corn
  20. 20.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  21. 21.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) sherk
  22. 22.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  23. 23.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) computer (c) fork
  26. 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) butter
  28. 28.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) purple
  30. 30.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) fork
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) hammer (c) scarf
  35. 35.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) shark (c) unicorn
  37. 37.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) gorl (c) girl
  38. 38.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) guitar
  40. 40.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er

Answer key

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

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