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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 847 · 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 “ar”? (a) car (b) turkey (c) third
  2. 2.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  3. 3.🐢 Which word is this? (a) turtle (b) tartle (c) tortle
  4. 4.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  6. 6.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) turkey (c) third
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) dart
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) unicorn (c) thermometer
  10. 10.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) turtle (c) circus
  12. 12.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scirf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  13. 13.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) first (c) thermometer
  15. 15.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  16. 16.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  18. 18.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) flower
  20. 20.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  22. 22.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) garl (b) girl (c) gorl
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) first
  25. 25.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  26. 26.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  27. 27.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  28. 28.🪜 Which word is this? (a) ladder (b) laddor (c) laddar
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) burger (c) corn
  30. 30.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  31. 31.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) car (c) third
  33. 33.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle
  34. 34.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  36. 36.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  37. 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) hammer
  39. 39.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) third (c) yarn

Answer key

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

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