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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 857 · 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) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  2. 2.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) thermometer
  4. 4.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shurk (c) shork
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) yarn (c) hammer
  6. 6.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) popcorn
  8. 8.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) unicorn (c) butter
  10. 10.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) porple (c) purple
  11. 11.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yern (c) yorn
  16. 16.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) third
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) ladder
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) dart (b) turtle (c) corn
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) first
  21. 21.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cir (b) car (c) cor
  22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  23. 23.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) ladder
  25. 25.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  26. 26.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  27. 27.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  28. 28.🔦 Which word is this? (a) terch (b) torch (c) tarch
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) ladder (c) bird
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) torch (c) third
  31. 31.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  32. 32.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) popcorn (b) jar (c) purple
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turkey (c) corn
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  36. 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) first (c) forst
  37. 37.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  38. 38.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicarn (c) unicurn
  39. 39.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  40. 40.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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