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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 984 · 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 has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) guitar (c) fork
  2. 2.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  3. 3.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) corn (b) jar (c) burger
  4. 4.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) star (b) stor (c) stur
  6. 6.💻 Which word is this? (a) computor (b) computer (c) computar
  7. 7.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  8. 8.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  9. 9.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) circle
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) yarn (b) third (c) butter
  11. 11.🎯 d_ _t — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  12. 12.🎯 Which word is this? (a) durt (b) dart (c) dort
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) tiger (b) girl (c) turtle
  14. 14.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) computer (b) turkey (c) fork
  16. 16.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  17. 17.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  18. 18.🥉 th_ _d — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
  19. 19.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  20. 20.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitur (b) guitar (c) guitor
  21. 21.🦄 Which word is this? (a) unicarn (b) unicern (c) unicorn
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) yarn (c) fork
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) third (c) computer
  24. 24.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  25. 25.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  26. 26.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) cern (c) carn
  27. 27.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  28. 28.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  29. 29.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) unicorn (c) butter
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) torch (b) flower (c) star
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) circus (c) tiger
  32. 32.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) popcorn (b) circus (c) purple
  33. 33.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ir
  34. 34.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papar (c) papor
  35. 35.🥇 Which word is this? (a) forst (b) farst (c) first
  36. 36.⭕ Which word is this? (a) circle (b) corcle (c) carcle
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) popcorn (c) ladder
  38. 38.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) thermometer (b) thormometer (c) tharmometer
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) jar (b) turkey (c) bird
  40. 40.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) turch

Answer key

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

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