R-Controlled Vowels (Bossy R) — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The farmer grows corn on the land.
Farmer = farm + er. Two syllables, two bossy-r spots.
2. Flowers grow in our garden.
Garden = gar + den. The 'ar' is in the first syllable.
3. My older sister reads to me.
Sister ends in -er, the bossy-r /ur/ sound.
4. Please put the books in order.
Order = or + der. Both syllables have r-controlled vowels.
5. In fall we gather the harvest.
Harvest starts with 'ar' — the bossy-r sound.
6. We sang on her birthday.
Birthday has 'ir' saying /ur/ in the first syllable.
7. Every morning I eat toast.
Morning = mor + ning. The 'or' is bossy-r.
8. Snow falls in the winter.
Winter ends in -er, the same sound as her.
9. A young baby brother waved at us.
Brother ends in -er with bossy-r /ur/ sound.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
farmer
→ farm
farm
gardener
→ garden
garden
morning
→ morn
morn
sister
→ sis
sis
Longer r-controlled words often hide a shorter root inside them.