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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 988 · 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) yarn (b) flower (c) turkey
  2. 2.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
  3. 3.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  4. 4.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  5. 5.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  6. 6.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
  7. 7.🦄 unic_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) flower
  9. 9.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  10. 10.🦃 Which word is this? (a) turkey (b) tarkey (c) torkey
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) turkey (c) unicorn
  12. 12.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) burger (b) corn (c) star
  14. 14.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  15. 15.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) third (b) star (c) popcorn
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) bird (c) burger
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) purple (b) thermometer (c) circus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) shark (b) burger (c) ladder
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) fork (b) dart (c) computer
  21. 21.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) guitar (b) tiger (c) fork
  22. 22.👧 g_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) purple (b) scarf (c) hammer
  24. 24.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computer (c) computor
  25. 25.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) corn (c) curn
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) spider (c) turtle
  27. 27.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) tiger (c) girl
  28. 28.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  29. 29.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thard (b) thord (c) third
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turtle (b) shark (c) spider
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) thermometer (b) girl (c) corn
  32. 32.🔦 Which word is this? (a) tarch (b) torch (c) terch
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) turkey (b) yarn (c) circle
  34. 34.🦈 Which word is this? (a) shark (b) shirk (c) shork
  35. 35.🔨 hamm_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  36. 36.🕷️ spid_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  37. 37.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcirn (b) popcarn (c) popcorn
  38. 38.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  39. 39.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) ur
  40. 40.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) tortle (c) turtle

Answer key

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

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