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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 792 · 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) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) ladder (b) car (c) corn
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) popcorn
  4. 4.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  5. 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) tiger
  7. 7.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yorn (c) yern
  8. 8.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) corn (c) carn
  9. 9.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) guitar
  11. 11.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  13. 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  14. 14.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) scarf (c) purple
  17. 17.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) burger (c) third
  19. 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  20. 20.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  22. 22.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  23. 23.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
  24. 24.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  25. 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circle (b) car (c) corn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) unicorn (c) circus
  28. 28.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  29. 29.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dort (c) dirt
  31. 31.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) paper (c) guitar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) bird (c) spider
  35. 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  36. 36.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stir
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) bird (c) scarf
  38. 38.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) guitar (c) tiger
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) computer (c) car

Answer key

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

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