Alphabetic Spellers: Sort 49
(Short a and ar)
cat
brag
drag
crab
snap
crash
trap
star
are
war
oddball
oddball
car
farm
part
far
bark
park
art arm
card
yard
shark
dark
jar
All these words have an “a”. When
“a” comes before r, they do not
have a short sound. These vowels
have a unique sound and are known
as r-influenced (or r-controlled).
War is an oddball because it is
spelled with an –ar, but does not
make the sound. Are can be an
oddball since it has the same sound
as -ar but it ends with the vowel
“e”.
Alphabetic Spellers: Sort 49
(Short a and ar)
cat
brag
drag
crab
snap
crash
trap
star
are
war
oddball
oddball
car
farm
part
far
bark
park
art arm
card
yard
shark
dark
jar