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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 957 · 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) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) bird
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) bird (c) unicorn
  4. 4.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  5. 5.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) popcorn (c) turtle
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) thermometer (b) scarf (c) corn
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) guitar (c) purple
  8. 8.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) turtle (c) tartle
  9. 9.🟣 Which word is this? (a) purple (b) porple (c) parple
  10. 10.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammer (b) hammor (c) hammar
  11. 11.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) ster
  12. 12.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) popcorn (b) circle (c) star
  13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitir
  14. 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) torch (b) purple (c) jar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) dart (c) bird
  17. 17.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  18. 18.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  19. 19.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  20. 20.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  21. 21.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) burger
  23. 23.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  24. 24.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  25. 25.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcern (c) popcarn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) popcorn
  27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  28. 28.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) circle (b) unicorn (c) tiger
  30. 30.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thord (c) thard
  31. 31.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  32. 32.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) hammer
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) shark (c) third
  35. 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) spider (b) shark (c) third
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) girl (b) spider (c) purple
  37. 37.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  38. 38.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shork (b) shark (c) sherk
  39. 39.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  40. 40.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or

Answer key

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

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