Reading Comprehension and Skills Booklet -Grade 2

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1
Answer Key

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Name R-Controlled Vowels
Look at the words in the list below. Sort the words with ur, ar, and ur or ar into the first two
groups. Look at the letters of the remaining words and label a third group. Write the words that belong in each group.
burr power artist part feather shark returndancer
hunger turn card purpose center yard furryfarm
super start surprise century suffer writer yarnslurp
ur Sound ar Sound

Think Ahead! Write a sentence that includes three of these words.

power
hunger
super
feather
center
suffer
writer
dancer

start
artist
part
card
shark
yard
farm
yarn

burr
turn
purpose
surprise
century
return
furry
slurp

er Sound

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Name R-Controlled Vowels


Look at the words in the list below. Sort the words into three groups. Each group ar, er, and ir
should have words with ar, er, or ir.
govern mark barn first herd squirm parkdanger
dart squirrel serve swimmer arm certain circle dirt
bird jar perhaps chirp herself firm hardcart
ar Sound er Sound ir Sound


Think Ahead! Write a sentence that includes three of these words.

squirrel
bird
first
chirp
squirm
firm
circle
dirt

govern
serve
swimmer
perhaps
herd
certain
herself
danger

mark
dart
jar
barn
arm
park
hard
cart

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Name Long and Short Vowels
Long or Short?
Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into two groups. Each group should have words with either short or long vowel sounds.
mice ear phone mat top face bluemost
nose pen light long fog track napfeet
duck fuss red tube sit paste cupmine
Long Vowel Sounds Short Vowel Sounds

Think Ahead! List another word for each group.

mice
ear
nose
phone
light
tube

face
paste
blue
most
feet
mine

pen
duck
fuss
mat
long
red

top
fog
track
sit
nap
cup

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Name Long and Short Vowels
Long or Short?
Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into two groups. Each group should have words with either short or long vowel sounds.


gate pack cake frog goat wheel wheatsock
rug egg time own bin gum truethumb
throat mist man rate cue nest pegfine
Long Vowel Sounds Short Vowel Sounds

Think Ahead! List another word for each group.

Hate
throat
cake
time
own
rate

Hoat
wheel
cue
wheat
true
Gine

pack
ruH
eHH
mist
GroH
man

bin
Hum
nest
sock
thumb
peH
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