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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 77 · 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 has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) thermometer (c) circle
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) fork (c) hammer
  3. 3.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guiter (b) guitar (c) guitor
  4. 4.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) tirch (c) torch
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  6. 6.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  7. 7.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  8. 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  10. 10.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  11. 11.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  12. 12.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn
  14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) fork (c) thermometer
  16. 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
  17. 17.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  18. 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  19. 19.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spider (c) spidar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) torch
  21. 21.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  22. 22.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  23. 23.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) fork
  25. 25.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) first (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) ladder
  28. 28.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  29. 29.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) gorl (c) garl
  30. 30.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) turtle (c) thermometer
  32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cir (c) cor
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) paper (c) circle
  34. 34.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  35. 35.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  36. 36.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) spider (c) circle
  39. 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scerf (c) scorf
  40. 40.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar

Answer key

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

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