Bossy r worksheets
When a vowel is followed by an r in a word, the r changes the sound that the vowel makes.The bossy r forces the vowel to make new sound instead of short or long sound. This rule is also ‘r-controlled vowel’ as the vowel is controlled by the r that follows it.
The bossy r vowel sounds are
ar as in car,
er as in her,
ir as in bird,
or as in fork,
ur as in hurt
Our r-controlled vowel worksheets get kids to recognise and spell words that contain a vowel followed by r.These worksheets can be used for home learning and online learning with no prep as they are easy to download and print.
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