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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 832 · 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.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) butter (c) burger
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) first
  5. 5.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  6. 6.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) circus
  8. 8.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) star (b) thermometer (c) circle
  10. 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  11. 11.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) popcorn
  13. 13.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  14. 14.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  15. 15.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  16. 16.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  17. 17.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) fork (c) bird
  19. 19.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcirn (c) popcarn
  21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) ferk (c) fork
  22. 22.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) scarf (c) first
  24. 24.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) torch
  26. 26.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  27. 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) paper (c) purple
  29. 29.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  30. 30.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  32. 32.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) shark (c) fork
  34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  35. 35.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) bird
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) fork (c) turtle
  38. 38.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitur
  39. 39.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) unicorn (c) star

Answer key

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

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