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The Sound air
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The Sound air

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This 'Sound air' quiz will help elementary school children learn spellings with the three letter digraph 'air'.

The ‘air’ sound is a three letter digraph. This means that if a word has the ‘air’ sound in it, chances are, it will be spelled with these three letters. This sound is also a word – air is what you breathe! Test your knowledge on these spellings.

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1 .
Spell the missing word: Today we made chocolate _____.
eclares
eccles
eclaires
eclairs
The word comes from French and means 'flash of lightning'.
2 .
Spell the missing word: I need to speak to my ____ godmother.
fairey
fairie
fairy
fairry
Tinkerbell is probably the most well-known fairy and she was first mentioned in the story of Peter Pan.
3 .
Spell the missing word: She climbed one ____ at a time.
stair
stairr
staire
stiar
The London Underground station with the most stairs is Covent Garden.
4 .
Spell the missing word: She bought a new ____ of shoes.
paire
pair
pairr
paire
Up until 1818 shoes were one shape - this meant the left and right shoe were both the same! Nowadays, our right and left shoes fold in slightly with the foot.
5 .
Spell the missing word: Afghan Hounds are particularly _____ dogs.
hairey
hairy
harry
hayery
These dogs would need to be brushed every day!
6 .
Spell the missing word: She had long ____ like Rapunzel.
haire
hairr
hair
haiir
Rapunzel was a fairy tale character who had long hair. In real life, the longest hair ever grown was fifty five foot long!
7 .
Spell the missing word: Please, take a seat on this comfy ____.
chhair
chairr
chare
chair
Do you think it looks comfy?
8 .
Spell the missing word: The tiger went back to his ____.
layer
lair
laire
lare
Tigers, bears and wolves live in lairs.
9 .
Spell the missing word: We went to the ____.
fayr
fair
fairr
fiar
Because the word ends in 'air' you don't need to add another 'r' as the 'r' in 'air' counts.
10 .
Spell the missing word: ____ comes from cows.
Dairey
Dairy
Dairie
Darie
If you are allergic to dairy, you are lactose intolerant.
Author:  Finola Waller
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