Exploring R Controlled Vowels: ar

The video tutorial introduces controlled vowels, focusing on R-controlled vowels and their exceptions. It reviews short vowel sounds and explains how the presence of 'R' alters these sounds, particularly elongating the short 'a'. Various examples illustrate these changes, highlighting local variations in pronunciation.

What are controlled vowels?

• Vowels that are always short

• Vowels that appear at the end of a word

• Vowels that are followed by the letter 'R'

• Vowels that are always long

Which of the following is a short vowel sound?

• O in 'more'

• I in 'bird'

• E in 'met'

• A in 'car'

What happens to the vowel sound when 'R' follows it?

• The vowel sound remains the same

• The vowel sound becomes longer

• The vowel sound becomes shorter

• The vowel sound changes

How does the short 'a' sound change in the word 'bar'?

• It is elongated to 'ah'

• It remains a short 'a'

• It becomes a short 'e'

• It becomes a long 'a'

Which word has an elongated 'a' sound?

• Car

• Mat

• Cat

• Bat

In which context is the vowel 'a' short?

• In the word 'far'

• In the word 'car'

• In the word 'bar'

• In the word 'cat'

What is the difference between 'bar' and 'bear' in terms of vowel sound?

• 'Bar' and 'bear' have the same vowel sound

• 'Bar' has a short 'a' sound, 'bear' has an elongated 'a' sound

• 'Bar' has an elongated 'a' sound, 'bear' has a long 'a' sound

• 'Bar' has a long 'a' sound, 'bear' has a short 'a' sound

Which of the following words has a short vowel sound?

• Far

• Car

• Cat

• Bar

How does the vowel sound in 'car' differ from 'cat'?

• Both have a long 'a' sound

• 'Car' has an elongated 'a' sound, 'cat' has a short 'a' sound

• Both have the same vowel sound

• 'Car' has a short 'a' sound, 'cat' has an elongated 'a' sound

Which of the following words demonstrates a controlled vowel?

• Cut

• Sit

• Car

• Met