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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 910 · 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.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) butter (b) fork (c) dart
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) corn
  4. 4.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowor (b) flowar (c) flower
  5. 5.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
  6. 6.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scarf (c) scirf
  7. 7.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammor (b) hammar (c) hammer
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) torch (c) circle
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) yarn (b) popcorn (c) hammer
  10. 10.👧 Which word is this? (a) girl (b) garl (c) gorl
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) circus (c) unicorn
  12. 12.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) girl (b) turkey (c) fork
  14. 14.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) purple (c) unicorn
  16. 16.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) butter (b) unicorn (c) scarf
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) thermometer (b) burger (c) popcorn
  19. 19.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  20. 20.🔦 Which word is this? (a) torch (b) turch (c) tarch
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) burger
  22. 22.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  23. 23.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  24. 24.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicern (b) unicarn (c) unicorn
  25. 25.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  26. 26.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  27. 27.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  28. 28.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shurk (c) shark
  29. 29.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) cern
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) star (b) corn (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) yarn (b) tiger (c) turkey
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) flower (c) turtle
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) turtle (c) circle
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) first (c) hammer
  35. 35.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  36. 36.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  37. 37.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dort (c) dart
  38. 38.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  39. 39.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
  40. 40.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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