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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 854 · 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 “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) purple (c) circle
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) torch
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turkey (c) ladder
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) turtle
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) ladder (c) girl
  6. 6.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stir
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) butter (c) star
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) paper (b) turtle (c) yarn
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) corn (c) yarn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) car
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  13. 13.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) circus (c) corn
  15. 15.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  16. 16.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) parple (c) porple
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) first
  18. 18.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dirt (c) dort
  19. 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  20. 20.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) guitar (b) thermometer (c) third
  22. 22.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  24. 24.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  25. 25.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) girl
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) star (c) circle
  28. 28.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicurn (c) unicorn
  29. 29.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) unicorn (c) dart
  31. 31.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  32. 32.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  33. 33.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) circus (c) carcus
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) unicorn
  35. 35.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  36. 36.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  37. 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  38. 38.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  39. 39.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) dart (c) turkey

Answer key

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

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