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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 895 · 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.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  2. 2.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  3. 3.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  4. 4.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  5. 5.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  7. 7.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computar (c) computer
  8. 8.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  9. 9.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  10. 10.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yurn (c) yarn
  11. 11.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  12. 12.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) hammer (c) turkey
  15. 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) hammer (b) fork (c) jar
  17. 17.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  18. 18.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scurf (c) scorf
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) star (c) purple
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) fork (b) first (c) scarf
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) turkey (c) girl
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) popcorn (c) turkey
  23. 23.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) turtle (c) fork
  25. 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) corn (c) circle
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) butter (b) torch (c) bird
  28. 28.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) hammer (b) burger (c) first
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) purple (c) star
  31. 31.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) tarkey (c) turkey
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) torch (c) purple
  33. 33.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  34. 34.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) yarn (b) circle (c) turkey
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) unicorn (c) paper
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) ladder (c) unicorn
  38. 38.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) torch (c) turkey
  40. 40.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger

Answer key

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

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