Sunday, October 13, 2013

r-controlled vowels




The vowel sound /or/ can be spelled or and ore: reportsnore.

The vowel sound /ir/ can be spelled ear and eer: appear, pioneer.

The vowel sound /ar/ can be spelled are and air: aware, chair.

Vowels and vowel digraphs have a slightly different sound when they are followed by r.

Vowels followed by r are called r-controlled vowels.



1.    snore

2.    tornado

3.    spare

4.    appear

5.    career

6.    square

7.    report

8.    prepare

9.    pioneer

10.  chair



11.  beware

12.  smear

13.  repair

14.  sword

15.  ignore

16.  order

17.  engineer

18.  resort

19.  volunteer

20.  declare



   Challenge Words

21.  impair

22.  directory

23.  hardware

24.  clearance

25.  porpoise




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