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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 825 · 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) burger (b) torch (c) thermometer
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) torch
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) girl
  5. 5.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  6. 6.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) corn (c) dart
  8. 8.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) sherk (c) shark
  9. 9.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  10. 10.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  11. 11.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.🍴 Which word is this? (a) firk (b) fork (c) fark
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) star (b) purple (c) popcorn
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) hammer (c) dart
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) jar (c) corn
  16. 16.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  17. 17.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) paper (c) papor
  18. 18.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  19. 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) computer
  21. 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
  22. 22.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) purple
  24. 24.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  26. 26.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  27. 27.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  28. 28.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scurf
  29. 29.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) thermometer
  32. 32.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jer (b) jor (c) jar
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) unicorn (c) hammer
  36. 36.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  37. 37.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  38. 38.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cirn (c) carn
  39. 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.⭐ Which word is this? (a) ster (b) stor (c) star

Answer key

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

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