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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 849 · 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.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  2. 2.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  3. 3.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) hammer (c) turtle
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) ster (c) star
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) tiger (c) circle
  7. 7.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  8. 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  9. 9.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) popcorn
  11. 11.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) purple (c) flower
  13. 13.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) buttor (c) butter
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) paper (c) unicorn
  15. 15.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) butter
  17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  18. 18.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  19. 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  20. 20.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shork (c) shirk
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) circle (c) torch
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) popcorn (c) third
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) thermometer (c) yarn
  24. 24.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) turtle
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) girl
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) bird
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) first (c) car
  29. 29.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) torch
  31. 31.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcern
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) popcorn
  33. 33.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  34. 34.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  35. 35.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) jar (c) turkey
  37. 37.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) thermometer (c) star
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) corn (c) bird
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) tiger (c) corn

Answer key

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

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