R Controlled VowelsMegan Lynch

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-ar, -er, -ir, -or, -urWhen the letter r

comes after a vowel, it changes the sound that

the vowel makes.

EXAMPLESShort Vowels r Controlled Vowels

O petO nutO hopO lipO cat

O herO burnO cornO shirtO car

ar wordsThe sound of

‘ar’ as in car. lark parkshark starkremark arebar carfar jarscar darkmark tarstar art

1. Let’s go in the large yard in the dark. We can play cards as the dog barks. 2. Please don’t charge us for looking at the stars so far away in the sky. 3. It was very hard to open in the jar in the car when we were driving to the bar. At least I didn’t get a scar.

er wordsThe sound of

‘er’ as in taller.

better hammerspider powermother hereasier earlierolder fernnerveswervelonger tallergerm term

taller

shorter

1. My mother is taller than my father, but my mother is scared of spiders. 2. My sister gave me an older flower. My brother hit the flower with a hammer and all his power. He is such a jerk!3. Avoid germs or you will swerve around her while she has a stern face.

ir wordsThe sound of ‘ir’ as in bird.

bird birthfir stirwhirl thirdflirt dirtgirth shirtsquirt skirtgirl smirkshirk quirky

1. The third bird in line tried to stir the worm. So the birth of the whirl was made from the stirring of the worm. 2. The skirt on the fir tree fell in the dirt because it had a lot of girth. 3. Yes sir, I did smirk at the quirky squirt in the room with the shirt.

or wordsThe sound of

‘or’ as in fork.cork forkpork borncorn thornporch torchsword dormstorm formchord cordworn torn

1. I was on the porch with the torch holding a short piece of corn, torn from the stork. 2. Why was I born with a short thorn on my toe in the storm that scorched the car?3. I don’t ever put pork on a fork when he sorts the swords at the fort.

ur wordsThe sound of

‘ur’ as in burnt.

fur blurspur curlcurb burnturn churncurse pursenurse hurtblurt spurtsuburb hurl

burnt toast

1. The girl will curl her hair but not hurl at the sight of the curb in the suburb.2. The curt nurse would like to put a curse on the fur purse that blurts out rude words. 3. Take a turn close to the burnt spur on the churned road.

ar wordsThe sound of

‘air’ as in stare and fair

bare darecare glarefair sharetear squarepair pearstare sharebeware prepare