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You will notice that in the words in List 2 the letter r is not pronounced.

The letter r is not pronounced

• when it occurs at the end of a word.

river copper colour Peter
• when a vowel comes before it and a consonant follows it.

park port term born

Separate the words in which r is pronounced from those in which it is not. Then
write them in the correct columns in the table below.

part frock crayon car
master carry bird shirt

clerk short truck beggar
art farmer drop road

r is pronounced r is not pronounced

C Activity

The poem ‘Dreams’ describes amazing places and things that we usually see only
in dreams. But today many modern theme parks offer us wonders that once people
could only imagine. These theme parks have interesting taglines to attract children
and adults. Look at the following taglines of some famous theme parks.

‘Where dreams come true’
‘What will you celebrate?’

‘Have a time of your life.’

Now find out and write down the taglines of two theme parks you know. On the
third line write a tagline of your own that you can contribute to your favourite
theme park.

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