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Welcome to The Color Vowel Chart - American English
R-controlled vowels are vowels that, when followed by an r, have a modified sound. First, say the word and hold the vowel sound that precedes the r. Then
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by Kathryn E. S. Grace
1:1, Short Vowels. When using key words for short vowel phonemes, avoid nasalized sounds (n, m), r-controlled vowels (e.g., ar, or, er, ir, ur), and vowels
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R-Controlled Vowels Unit Resources (Lessons 77-83)
There are three main r-controlled vowel sounds: the /ar/ sound, as in barn; the /or/ sound, as in corn; and the /er/ sound, as in fern, bird, and curl. The
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