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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 962 · 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.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  2. 2.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) purple (c) scarf
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) bird (b) jar (c) ladder
  5. 5.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicorn (b) unicurn (c) unicarn
  6. 6.🌽 Which word is this? (a) cirn (b) carn (c) corn
  7. 7.🦃 Which word is this? (a) torkey (b) turkey (c) tarkey
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) popcorn (c) spider
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) flower (b) circus (c) scarf
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) car (c) butter
  11. 11.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dert (b) dart (c) dort
  12. 12.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) popcorn (b) ladder (c) jar
  14. 14.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  15. 15.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) turch (c) torch
  16. 16.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  17. 17.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jer
  18. 18.🎪 c_ _cus — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) spider (b) circus (c) jar
  20. 20.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) unicorn (b) star (c) turkey
  22. 22.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitir (b) guitor (c) guitar
  23. 23.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) turtle
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) burger (c) shark
  26. 26.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) fork (c) furk
  27. 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) torch (c) scarf
  29. 29.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigar (b) tiger (c) tigor
  30. 30.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) tiger (b) popcorn (c) bird
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) tiger (b) circle (c) turtle
  33. 33.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  34. 34.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  35. 35.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  36. 36.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bird (b) bord (c) bard
  37. 37.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tortle (b) tartle (c) turtle
  38. 38.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  39. 39.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or

Answer key

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

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