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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 882 · 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) buttor (b) butter (c) buttar
  2. 2.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  3. 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowar (c) flowor
  5. 5.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  6. 6.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  7. 7.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) popcorn (c) flower
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) unicorn (c) burger
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circle (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  11. 11.🌽 Which word is this? (a) curn (b) corn (c) carn
  12. 12.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  13. 13.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  15. 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) terch (c) torch
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) bird
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) butter (c) fork
  18. 18.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
  19. 19.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stur (b) stor (c) star
  20. 20.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) fork
  22. 22.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  23. 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bard (c) bord
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) third
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) circle (c) star
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) paper
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) fork (c) bird
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) third (b) turtle (c) flower
  29. 29.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) purple
  31. 31.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  32. 32.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) popcorn (c) girl
  34. 34.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitar (c) guitor
  36. 36.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  38. 38.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scorf (c) scarf
  39. 39.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  40. 40.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn

Answer key

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

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