listbeeVowels with r
AR words
When r follows a vowel, it changes the vowel’s sound. Ar is the most predictable of these “bossy r” patterns, so it is usually taught first.
- Sound
- /ar/ as in car
- Usually taught
- 1st–2nd grade
- Words on this page
- 23 in 2 lists
AR words: word lists
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ar words
15 words- car
- far
- jar
- star
- bar
- card
- park
- dark
- farm
- barn
- yard
- hard
- shark
- start
- smart
Challenge words
8 words- garden
- market
- carpet
- party
- artist
- sharpen
- harvest
- apart
How the pattern works
Ar says /ar/ as in car. The a is neither short nor long; the r controls it.
Ar sounds the same at the start, middle and end of a word, which makes it a reliable pattern to practice.
Common mistakes
- Writing r alone: “cr,” “strt.”
- Writing or for ar after w: “warm” and “war” really are spelled with ar, even though they sound like or.
- Leaving out r in words like park or farm, in accents where r is soft.
Practice ideas
- Build words with ar in the middle: c + ar + d, p + ar + k.
- Sort one-syllable and two-syllable ar words.
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