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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 821 · 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 has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) corn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) third
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) circus (c) turtle
  4. 4.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) paper (c) fork
  6. 6.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  7. 7.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  8. 8.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) circle (c) tiger
  11. 11.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) third
  13. 13.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  14. 14.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) scarf (c) circle
  17. 17.⭕ Which word is this? (a) corcle (b) circle (c) carcle
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) ladder
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) tiger (c) burger
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) bird (c) star
  21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) ferk (b) fork (c) fark
  22. 22.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cer
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) turtle (c) corn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) scarf (c) torch
  25. 25.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) thermometer
  27. 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  28. 28.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  29. 29.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  30. 30.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) scarf (c) unicorn
  32. 32.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  33. 33.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) spider (c) dart
  36. 36.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) cern
  37. 37.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dirt (b) dort (c) dart
  39. 39.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl

Answer key

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

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