Vocalic /r/
/ar/
bark, star
I'd like pizza for lunch.
I'd like a salad for lunch.
I'd like pizza and a salad for lunch.
Fly
1. move through the air using wings
2. a flying insect of a large order characterized by a single pair of transparent wings
Rich
Poor
Apple - Banana
Compare - Fruit
Contrast - Peel banana
Two Words - Easy
Sharp, Mushroom
/er/
fur, skirt, first
We needed a place to concentrate, ____ we packed up our things and went to the library.
We needed a place to concentrate, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
Mold
1. a furry growth of minute fungal hyphae occurring typically in moist warm conditions, especially on food or other organic matter.
2. a hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material
Question
Answer
Bee - Butterfly
Compare - Insects
Contrast - Bees collect pollen to make honey
Two Words - Medium
Shopping, Shampoo
/or/
board, story, tornado, orange
I can stay out _____ the clock strikes twelve.
I can stay out until the clock strikes twelve.
Solution
1. a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation
2. a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component
Shallow
Deep
Swimming Pool - Bathtub
Compare - water
Contrast - Get clean in bathtub
Three Words - Medium
Conscience, Imagination, Definition
/ire/
pliers, umpire, campfire, vampire, sapphire
I drank a glass of water.
I was thirsty.
I drank a glass of water because I was thirsty.
Because I was thirsty, I drank a glass of water.
Prune
1. a plum preserved by drying
2. trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to increase fruitfulness and growth.
Scatter
Soap - Toothpaste
Compare - Clean something
Contrast - use toothpaste on teeth
Two Words - Hard
Misinterpretation, Mathematician
/air/
parents, sheriff, barefoot, married, parachute, share, asparagus
____ the concert ____ the party interests me.
Neither the concert nor the party interests me.
1. a large basket with a lid used for laundry
2. hinder or impede the movement or progress of
Expand
Contract
Bicycle - Stroller
Compare - wheels
Contrast - baby/infant sits in stroller
Three Words - Hard
Penmanship, Rehabilitation, Accomplishment