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Level5-Unit 1
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The "R-Controlled" Vowels (er, ir, or, ur)
These vowel teams make similar sounds when followed by the letter R:
er
Her
Mercy
Mother
Term
ir
First
Girl
Firm
or
Word
Worry
Work
ur
Burn
Turn
Curl
Sounds Alike! (Pronunciation Equivalences & Schwa)
Sometimes, different letter combinations make the exact same sound!
Rule: er = or
In these words, the ending or is pronounced like er:
Spelled with "er"
center sister Fern mother
danger number baker scatter
holler after jerk serve
verb tiger
Spelled with "or" ➔ sounds like /er/
tractor doctor
sailor navigator
sector tailor
visitor
Rule: Ur = ir
These spelling patterns sound exactly the same:
nurse purse purple turtle
curtain hurt fur urchin
beef burger turkey Thursday
Rule: On = en
lemon melon person million lion
Rule: To = te
today tonight tomorrow
Rule: Ot = et
pilot carrot parrot
Short U Sound
cut nut bun fun gum
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🎧 level 5 unit 1
| Vocabulary for Level 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | ||
| Carpenter | Farmer | Speaker |
| Parsley | Sailor | Hanger |
| Artist | Whisper | Whichever |
| Marching | Purple | Firefighter |
| Arthropod | Circle | Shopkeeper |
| Pharmacy | Never | Dreamcatcher |
| Sarcastic | Doctor | Purple |
| Harvest | Urchin | Burning |
| Article | Pursue | Performance |
| Partner | Birthplace | Surgery |
| Hardware | Perfume | Perfect |
| Marketplace | Burbage | Mercy |
| Largely | Factor | Cursing |
| Yard Sale | Survive | Purse |
| Party | Publisher | Mermaid |
| Hardship | Spencer | Percent |
| Narcissist | Further | Derive |
| Farther | Tailor | Merger |
| Faraway | Clerk | Fertilize |
| Carter | Master | Terminate |
| Harshly | Preserve | Surrender |
| Tarnish | Entertain | Mirror |