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Grade 2 Spelling Worksheet
Write the missing letters.
a twist of hair
a word with a special meaning
a big group of cows
grass around a house
a place with barns and animals
an animal with feathers and wings
you eat with it
a leafy green plant with no flowers
hurt by fire
a farm building for animals
When a vowel is followed by the letter r, the r changes the vowel sound, and the pair is called an r-controlled vowel. The five pairs are ar as in car, er as in her, ir as in bird, or as in corn and ur as in turn. Er, ir and ur sound the same, which is what makes them tricky to spell, so a child has to remember which pair belongs to which word.
This worksheet shows ten words in letter boxes with the r-controlled pair left out and a clue to the word, and the child writes the two missing letters. Ask your child to say the word slowly and then to picture it. Many ir and ur words are best learned one at a time, such as bird and turn, while ar and or have a clearer sound.
Common Core standard: L.2.2.D
The clue is an animal with feathers and wings, and the boxes show b, two empty boxes and d. The word is bird, so the empty boxes get i and r.
Spelling er, ir and ur the same way because they sound alike (burd for bird).
Say the word slowly. Picture it, and think which pair of letters it uses.
Spelling er, ir and ur the same way because they sound alike (burd for bird).
Say the word slowly. Picture it, and think which pair of letters it uses.
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Similar: Short and Long Vowels · Vowel Teams
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