Unit 10: Spelling choices for /ar/ sound; ar, al or a?
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Yes, there are again those pesky words that will not follow the rules.
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A few words use the letters /al/ to spell the /ar/ sound. These are:
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Can you make up a sentence using as many of these words as possible? |
They can be as silly as you like, for example:
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I spent a balmy evening sitting under a palm tree by the calm sea watching a calf rub half a tub of balm onto his hoof. |
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A few words use the letter a to spell the /ar/ sound. Read these two words aloud:
Some of you will hear the /ar/ sound. For some, your accents will mean that the /a/ is /a/ short sound. Here are some more examples. Click on them to hear the different sounds: |
Here are more examples for you to have a look at:
bath path |
staff craft daft raft shaft after |
ask bask cask flask mask task basket casket |
can't plant slant Rule-breaker aunt |
brass class glass grass pass |
clasp gasp grasp |
chance dance glance prance stance advance |
blast fast last mast past vast castle pasture |
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Can you make up a sentence using as many of these words as possible? |
They can be as silly as you like:
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This raft is a daft craft. Don't have a bath on the path. I can see in advance from your glance that I don't stand a chance of a dance. |
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