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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 935 · 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 is this? (a) torch (b) tarch (c) tirch
  2. 2.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flower (c) flowor
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) flower (b) fork (c) star
  4. 4.🎪 Which word is this? (a) carcus (b) corcus (c) circus
  5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  6. 6.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitir (c) guitor
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) spider (b) dart (c) corn
  8. 8.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcurn (c) popcarn
  9. 9.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) computer (b) circle (c) turkey
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) purple (c) car
  12. 12.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  13. 13.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) carcle (c) corcle
  14. 14.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) cern (c) corn
  15. 15.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) corn
  17. 17.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) tiger (b) shark (c) torch
  19. 19.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) flower (c) turkey
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) tiger (c) turkey
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circus (b) thermometer (c) purple
  23. 23.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) popcorn (c) purple
  25. 25.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stir (c) stor
  26. 26.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  27. 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) ladder (b) third (c) turkey
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) circus (b) turtle (c) hammer
  30. 30.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) unicorn (b) burger (c) guitar
  32. 32.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  33. 33.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) computer (b) fork (c) first
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) car (b) girl (c) spider
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) fork (b) butter (c) shark
  37. 37.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) dart (b) torch (c) paper
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) first (b) turtle (c) unicorn
  40. 40.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) corn (c) jar

Answer key

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

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