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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 889 · 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 “or”? (a) yarn (b) purple (c) corn
  2. 2.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  3. 3.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) star (c) spider
  5. 5.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammor (c) hammer
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) girl (c) fork
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) third
  8. 8.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  9. 9.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  10. 10.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  11. 11.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bird (c) bord
  12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jir (c) jar
  13. 13.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicorn (c) unicarn
  14. 14.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  15. 15.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) hammer (c) star
  17. 17.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) burger (c) corn
  19. 19.📄 Which word is this? (a) papor (b) papar (c) paper
  20. 20.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) car (b) popcorn (c) ladder
  22. 22.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) jar
  24. 24.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) curn (c) carn
  25. 25.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  26. 26.🧈 Which word is this? (a) buttar (b) butter (c) buttor
  27. 27.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) fork (c) turtle
  29. 29.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) jar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) girl
  32. 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thormometer (b) tharmometer (c) thermometer
  33. 33.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) turtle (c) torch
  35. 35.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  36. 36.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  37. 37.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  38. 38.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  39. 39.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  40. 40.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) cir (c) car

Answer key

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

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