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.
br-
break, bring, brown
Before it rained, the sky became dark.
The sky became dark and then it rained.
2 Words - Easy
Summer, Tennis
/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.
tr-
truck, trash, train, tree
She eats breakfast before she goes to work.
She eats breakfast then goes to work
2 Words - Medium
Anxious, Gasoline
/or/
board, story, tornado, orange
I can stay out _____ the clock strikes twelve.
I can stay out until the clock strikes twelve.
str-
straw, strap, stress, string, stream
We left the office after we finished all of our work.
They finished all of their work and then left the office.
3 Words - Medium
Necessarily, Superintendent, Decimal
/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.
thr-
throw, three, throat, throne, thrill, through
The store will be closed after 5pm.
The store is closed at 5:01pm.
2 Words - Hard
Hippopotamus, Precipitation
/air/
parents, sheriff, barefoot, married, parachute, share, asparagus
____ the concert ____ the party interests me.
Neither the concert nor the party interests me.
spr-
spring, spray, spread, sprain
I will give you the document before tomorrow morning's meeting
You will have the document for the meeting.
3 Words - Hard
Metamorphosis, Association, Appendicitis