← All Worksheets ‹ Previous grade Next grade › Tip: use browser "Print → Save as PDF" for a perfect PDF

Meet Bossy R

Grade 2
Name:                  Date:                  Score:                 
✦ Meet the R-Controlled Vowels

When a vowel is followed by r, the r changes the vowel sound. We call these r-controlled vowels (or "bossy r" words!)

ar
🚗
car
sounds like "ar"
er
🪶
her
sounds like "er"
ir
🐦
bird
sounds like "er"
or
🍴
fork
sounds like "or"
ur
🎸
burn
sounds like "er"
✦ Exercise 1 — Find the Bossy R

Circle the r-controlled vowel pattern (ar, er, ir, or, ur) in each word.

1. farm
2. fern
3. stir
4. corn
5. curl
6. park
7. herb
8. shirt
9. storm
10. surf
11. chart
12. dirt
✦ Exercise 2 — Match Pattern to Sound

Draw a line to match each r-controlled vowel to its example word.

ar
star ⭐
er
tiger 🐯
ir
girl 👧
or
horse 🐴
ur
purse 👛