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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 871 · 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) popcorn (b) third (c) yarn
  2. 2.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  3. 3.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) torch (c) circle
  5. 5.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jer (c) jor
  6. 6.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
  7. 7.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
  8. 8.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  9. 9.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) terch
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) hammer (b) bird (c) turkey
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) scarf
  12. 12.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) computer (c) purple
  14. 14.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  16. 16.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stur (c) stor
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) turkey (c) spider
  18. 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) first (b) farst (c) forst
  19. 19.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) turtle (c) computer
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) popcorn (c) flower
  23. 23.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddar (b) laddor (c) ladder
  24. 24.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  25. 25.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🍔 Which word is this? (a) borger (b) barger (c) burger
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) turkey (c) girl
  28. 28.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  29. 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) dart (c) thermometer
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) turkey
  32. 32.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger
  33. 33.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  34. 34.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttor (c) buttar
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) flower (c) shark
  36. 36.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicern (c) unicarn
  37. 37.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  38. 38.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  40. 40.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir

Answer key

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

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