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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 826 · 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.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) turkey
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) thermometer (c) unicorn
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) yarn (c) turkey
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) third (c) dart
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) thermometer (c) turkey
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) tiger (c) jar
  9. 9.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  10. 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) circus (c) torch
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) torch (c) purple
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) torch (c) bird
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) first
  15. 15.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) paper (b) fork (c) guitar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) third (c) turtle
  18. 18.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  19. 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) popcorn (c) butter
  21. 21.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guiter
  22. 22.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  24. 24.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  25. 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  26. 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) computer
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) car (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) car (c) corn
  30. 30.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  31. 31.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) burger (c) hammer
  33. 33.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  34. 34.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  36. 36.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  38. 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  39. 39.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  40. 40.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork

Answer key

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

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