Check your spelling accuracy with this interactive test.
Let’s continue exploring the ar spelling pattern with some 2-syllable words. Can you spot the /ar/ sound in each example? Click the speaker at the start of some words to listen for the /ar/ vowel sound as you read along.
In English, ar often appears in the middle of a word, like in garden, carpet, and harvest, though it can appear elsewhere, too. As you go through each word, pay attention to where the /ar/ sound falls, and try out different spelling activities and games.
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Learn more in Unit 10. Spelling choices for /ar/ sound; ar, a
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