Unit 10: Spelling choices for /ar/ sound; ar, al or a?
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Words with the sound /ar/. |
If you confuse these words the computer spellchecker will not spot your
mistake - so it is especially important to learn them.
| father - dad farther - more distant |
My father is called Andrew. It 's farther away. |
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| balmy - mild and soothing barmy - slang for crazy |
It was a balmy day. She's barmy to go out with him. |
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aunt (or aunty / auntie) |
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Aunt Una |
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heart - The word 'heart has a silent 'e'. |
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Have a heart! (There is a word 'hart' but it is a kind of male deer.) |
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1. Some words use the letters ar to spell the weak 'schwa' sound
at the end of a word. For example:
| dollar | sugar | calendar | burglar |
Unit 25 has more details on these words with the 'schwa' ending.
2. When ar comes after w, as in war, the sound made
is usually /or/. For example:
| warm | reward | wart | swarm |
Units 14 has more detail on these war words.
This completes the unit on ar / al / a.
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