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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 982 · 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) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) spider (b) turtle (c) torch
  3. 3.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) corn (b) flower (c) dart
  5. 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  6. 6.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  7. 7.🍴 Which word is this? (a) furk (b) fork (c) fark
  8. 8.🐦 b_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) yarn (c) turtle
  10. 10.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bird (c) bard
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) shark (b) ladder (c) corn
  12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dort (b) dart (c) dert
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) car (b) flower (c) fork
  14. 14.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  15. 15.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) third (c) car
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) hammer (b) purple (c) bird
  18. 18.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) first (c) farst
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) popcorn (c) yarn
  20. 20.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcern
  21. 21.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  22. 22.🍔 Which word is this? (a) burger (b) barger (c) borger
  23. 23.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) circus (c) computer
  25. 25.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) spider (c) circus
  26. 26.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jar (b) jor (c) jir
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) butter (b) car (c) purple
  28. 28.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  29. 29.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  30. 30.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) ladder (c) girl
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) scarf (b) burger (c) computer
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) first (c) yarn
  34. 34.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) third (b) butter (c) shark
  35. 35.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) circle
  37. 37.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yorn (b) yirn (c) yarn
  38. 38.🟣 Which word is this? (a) parple (b) purple (c) porple
  39. 39.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  40. 40.🐯 Which word is this? (a) tigor (b) tigar (c) tiger

Answer key

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

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