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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 84 · 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 “ir”? (a) bird (b) guitar (c) hammer
  2. 2.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  3. 3.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) first
  5. 5.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) circus (c) hammer
  8. 8.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  9. 9.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  10. 10.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tirch (b) tarch (c) torch
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) jar
  12. 12.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  13. 13.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stir (b) stor (c) star
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) torch (c) paper
  15. 15.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) cor (c) car
  16. 16.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  17. 17.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cern (b) carn (c) corn
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) circle (c) torch
  19. 19.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  20. 20.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  21. 21.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  22. 22.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) fork
  24. 24.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcurn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  26. 26.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flower (c) flowar
  27. 27.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) dart (c) turkey
  29. 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  30. 30.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  31. 31.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  32. 32.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) computer (c) circle
  34. 34.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  36. 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) car (c) circus
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) torch (c) hammer
  40. 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) circle (c) corcle

Answer key

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

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