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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 903 · 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 “er”? (a) turtle (b) circle (c) computer
  2. 2.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) firk
  3. 3.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  4. 4.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) purple (c) torch
  6. 6.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) turkey (c) torkey
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) unicorn (b) girl (c) dart
  8. 8.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) torch (b) thermometer (c) circus
  10. 10.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) fork (c) star
  12. 12.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcirn (c) popcorn
  13. 13.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  14. 14.🎪 Which word is this? (a) corcus (b) carcus (c) circus
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) circle
  16. 16.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) paper (c) car
  18. 18.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  19. 19.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) popcorn (b) butter (c) bird
  21. 21.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  22. 22.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicirn (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  23. 23.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  24. 24.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) garl (c) girl
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) guitar (c) purple
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) ladder (c) guitar
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) circus (b) unicorn (c) guitar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) burger (c) jar
  29. 29.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  30. 30.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flower (b) flowor (c) flowar
  31. 31.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) third (b) guitar (c) turtle
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) hammer (c) turtle
  34. 34.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) borger (c) burger
  35. 35.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) guitar (c) hammer
  37. 37.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  38. 38.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) hammer (b) dart (c) fork
  40. 40.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scirf

Answer key

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

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