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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 782 · 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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) third (c) thermometer
  3. 3.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) bird (c) star
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) popcorn (c) jar
  6. 6.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  7. 7.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  8. 8.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  9. 9.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) guitar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) flower
  13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) carcle (c) circle
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) girl (c) ladder
  15. 15.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) unicorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) girl (c) corn
  18. 18.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turtle
  20. 20.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) corn (c) yarn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) guitar
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) bird
  26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) car
  28. 28.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jur (c) jor
  29. 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  30. 30.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  31. 31.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  32. 32.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) star (c) spider
  34. 34.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  35. 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) terch (c) tarch
  36. 36.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  39. 39.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  40. 40.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dert (c) dart

Answer key

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

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