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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 796 · 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_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) third
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  4. 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  5. 5.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidor (b) spidar (c) spider
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) thermometer (c) turtle
  7. 7.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
  8. 8.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicurn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  10. 10.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) burger
  12. 12.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  13. 13.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) fork
  16. 16.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) torch (c) star
  18. 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) purple (c) flower
  20. 20.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) thermometer
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) shark (c) first
  23. 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  24. 24.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fark (c) fork
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) spider (c) turkey
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) third (c) corn
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) first (c) unicorn
  28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) turch (b) torch (c) tarch
  29. 29.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  30. 30.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  31. 31.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  32. 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  33. 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cer (c) cor
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) dart (c) torch
  35. 35.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tiger (c) tigar
  36. 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  37. 37.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  38. 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) thermometer (c) tharmometer
  39. 39.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) bird

Answer key

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

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