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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 798 · 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) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) dart (c) flower
  4. 4.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) burger (c) unicorn
  6. 6.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) first (c) jar
  8. 8.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammer (c) hammar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) fork
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) car
  11. 11.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) star
  14. 14.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) burger (c) scarf
  16. 16.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  18. 18.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) girl (c) turtle
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) circle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) purple (b) guitar (c) popcorn
  22. 22.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  23. 23.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shirk (b) shark (c) shork
  24. 24.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  25. 25.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) yarn (c) spider
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) paper
  28. 28.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) circus
  30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  32. 32.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  33. 33.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) third (c) fork
  35. 35.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  36. 36.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) purple
  39. 39.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  40. 40.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicirn

Answer key

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

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