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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 990 · 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 “ar”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) star
  2. 2.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turkey (b) flower (c) unicorn
  3. 3.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ur (c) ar
  4. 4.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) first (b) shark (c) corn
  5. 5.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) star (c) stur
  6. 6.🥉 Which word is this? (a) third (b) thard (c) thord
  7. 7.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) yarn (b) burger (c) butter
  8. 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) thermometer (b) dart (c) first
  9. 9.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ir (c) or
  10. 10.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fark (b) firk (c) fork
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) ladder (b) fork (c) first
  12. 12.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jur (b) jar (c) jor
  13. 13.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitar (b) guitor (c) guitir
  14. 14.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  15. 15.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) turtle (b) hammer (c) popcorn
  16. 16.🎪 Which word is this? (a) circus (b) corcus (c) carcus
  17. 17.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turkey (b) bird (c) car
  18. 18.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) unicorn (b) tiger (c) circus
  19. 19.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) scarf (b) circus (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) dart (b) burger (c) circus
  21. 21.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turkey (b) hammer (c) popcorn
  23. 23.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) turtle (c) bird
  24. 24.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scorf (b) scerf (c) scarf
  25. 25.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
  26. 26.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) computer (c) jar
  27. 27.💻 Which word is this? (a) computar (b) computor (c) computer
  28. 28.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  29. 29.🥇 Which word is this? (a) farst (b) forst (c) first
  30. 30.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yirn (b) yarn (c) yorn
  31. 31.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  32. 32.🍔 b_ _ger — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
  33. 33.🐢 Which word is this? (a) tartle (b) turtle (c) tortle
  34. 34.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  35. 35.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) durt (c) dort
  36. 36.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) thermometer (c) guitar
  37. 37.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
  38. 38.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcarn (b) popcorn (c) popcurn
  39. 39.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
  40. 40.⭕ Which word is this? (a) carcle (b) corcle (c) circle

Answer key

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

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