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The Sound ear (heard)

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This 'Sound ear (heard)' spelling quiz tests elementary school children on the other sounds made by this trigraph. To help you, think of the words ‘heard’ and ‘bear’ as these words show the two other possible ways to say ‘ear’. This spelling quiz will also show other words with the 'ear' trigraph that are also pronounced in different ways.

The trigraph ‘ear’ is sometimes pronounced like ‘ear’ – that part of the body on your face. However, sometimes it’s pronounced like ‘er’ or ‘air’. This quiz will test you on words with the 'ear' letters but the way the word is said will vary. See if you can spell the missing words.

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1 .

The third planet from the sun is called ____.

Earth

Earthe

Earf

Earff

This is also the planet we live on!

2 .

How much did you _____ for washing the car?

earne

erne

earn

urn

Have you ever helped to wash a car?

3 .

I ____ that what you're eating is a ____.

srear and pear

swear and pair

sweaw and pear

swear and pear

The term to swear on something comes from court, where you swear an oath to tell the truth.

4 .

This ____ will go into hibernation soon.

bair

bear

bere

bare

Hibernation means the bear will spend winter sleeping.

5 .

Have you ____ the news?

heared

heard

hearb

haerd

The word 'hear' is said like 'ear' but if you say you heard something, the 'ear' sound changers to 'er'.

6 .

Will you ____ your school uniform on a Saturday?

ware

wear

reaw

wrear

Many schools in America don't have school uniforms; whereas in England every school has one!

7 .

Yesterday I found a _____ on the beach.

pearl

pearll

pearle

purl

Pearls are very precious stones that are found in the sea, inside a shell like in the picture.

8 .

He is playing a word ____.

searche

seawch

searsh

A word search is where the words are in a table full of letters. You have to try and find a word within all those letters.

9 .

What would you like to ____ today?

learn

learen

leawrn

laern

You're never too old to learn. Many adults go to college or centers to gain qualifications they missed when they were younger. Some adults have to learn at work and lots of adults go to university.

10 .

He put his fingers together and made a ____ shape.