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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 850 · 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 is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) purple
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) star (c) thermometer
  4. 4.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  5. 5.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) purple (c) jar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) purple (b) first (c) jar
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) first
  9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  10. 10.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  11. 11.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  12. 12.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) shark (c) turkey
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) shark (b) spider (c) turtle
  15. 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) circle
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) third
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) fork
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) purple (c) car
  20. 20.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) burger (c) barger
  21. 21.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) unicorn (c) dart
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) guitar (c) fork
  24. 24.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) jar (c) fork
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) dart
  27. 27.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) hammer (c) bird
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) flower
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) burger (c) flower
  31. 31.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  32. 32.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  34. 34.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jar (c) jir
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  36. 36.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  37. 37.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tigor (c) tiger
  38. 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thermometer (c) thormometer
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) computer (c) bird
  40. 40.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard

Answer key

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

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