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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 907 · 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) ir (b) or (c) ar
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) girl (b) flower (c) star
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) guitar (b) purple (c) hammer
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) third (b) hammer (c) burger
  5. 5.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) torch (c) girl
  7. 7.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
  8. 8.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stir (c) star
  9. 9.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scerf (b) scarf (c) scorf
  10. 10.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) paper
  12. 12.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  13. 13.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cur (b) cor (c) car
  14. 14.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tiger (b) tigor (c) tigar
  15. 15.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) fark (c) ferk
  16. 16.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) bird (b) turkey (c) thermometer
  18. 18.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  19. 19.🍔 Which word is this? (a) barger (b) burger (c) borger
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) dart (c) computer
  21. 21.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) dart (b) bird (c) turtle
  23. 23.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spidar (b) spidor (c) spider
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) jar (b) paper (c) fork
  25. 25.🟣 Which word is this? (a) porple (b) parple (c) purple
  26. 26.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) star (b) popcorn (c) turkey
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) first (c) paper
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) car (c) burger
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) guitar (b) hammer (c) turkey
  31. 31.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  32. 32.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  33. 33.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicorn (c) unicern
  34. 34.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  35. 35.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  36. 36.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) flower (b) jar (c) circus
  38. 38.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) car (b) third (c) flower
  40. 40.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar

Answer key

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

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