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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 777 · 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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  2. 2.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) butter (b) corn (c) turkey
  4. 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  5. 5.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) flower (c) fork
  7. 7.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  8. 8.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) girl (c) guitar
  11. 11.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) circle (c) turkey
  13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) circus (c) corcus
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) tiger
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) unicorn (c) paper
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) fork (c) burger
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) purple (c) corn
  18. 18.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  19. 19.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  20. 20.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) jar (c) corn
  22. 22.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  23. 23.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcern (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  24. 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  25. 25.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  26. 26.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) turkey (c) popcorn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) star (c) third
  29. 29.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  30. 30.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  31. 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
  32. 32.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) third (c) jar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turtle (c) car
  35. 35.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) guitar
  37. 37.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  38. 38.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) spider
  40. 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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