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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 880 · 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) dirt (b) dart (c) dort
  2. 2.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) turkey (c) fork
  4. 4.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) ladder (c) laddar
  5. 5.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  6. 6.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) spider (b) fork (c) third
  8. 8.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) torkey (c) tarkey
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) burger
  10. 10.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) computer
  12. 12.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) thermometer
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) star (c) burger
  15. 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yarn (b) yurn (c) yorn
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) purple (c) fork
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) scarf
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) torch (b) guitar (c) tiger
  19. 19.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  20. 20.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) tharmometer (c) thormometer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) ladder (c) star
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) butter
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) corn
  24. 24.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) bird (b) corn (c) turkey
  26. 26.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) purple (c) parple
  27. 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  28. 28.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) popcorn (c) computer
  30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  31. 31.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shurk (b) shark (c) shork
  32. 32.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) yarn (c) bird
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) jar (c) first
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  36. 36.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidor (c) spidar
  37. 37.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  38. 38.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  39. 39.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) car (c) third

Answer key

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

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