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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - The Sound ea (bead) (Questions)

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This 'Sound ea (bead)' spelling quiz informs elementary school children of the other sound these two letters make. The ‘ea’ sound can make a sound like ‘eh’ as in ‘head’ but can also make the ‘ee’ sound, as in ‘bead’.

The letters ‘ea’ can make two different sounds; this test is on the ‘ee’ sound it makes – like in the word ‘bead’. Test your knowledge on words spelled with ‘ea’.

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1. Which of these words makes the 'ea' sound we are doing the quiz on?
[ ] deaf
[ ] dead
[ ] sea
[ ] instead
2. Spell the missing word: Last night I had a wonderful ____.
[ ] dream
[ ] bream
[ ] dreem
[ ] dweam
3. Spell the missing word: Chicken is my favorite ____.
[ ] meet
[ ] maet
[ ] meat
[ ] meate
4. Spell the missing word: Your handwriting is very ____.
[ ] gneat
[ ] kneat
[ ] kneet
[ ] neat
5. Spell the missing word: It's cold in here, turn up the ____.
[ ] heat
[ ] heate
[ ] heet
[ ] heatt
6. Spell the missing word: My ____ in the movie theater was row 3 number 12.
[ ] seat
[ ] seate
[ ] ceat
[ ] sceat
7. Spell the missing word: You need to retake the test because I saw you ____.
[ ] cheate
[ ] chaet
[ ] cheat
[ ] cheet
8. Spell the missing word: Oh my! What a big ____ you have!
[ ] beac
[ ] beec
[ ] beek
[ ] beak
9. Spell the missing word: You are not strong, you are ____.
[ ] reak
[ ] weak
[ ] reake
[ ] weake
10. Spell the missing words: I can't wait to ___, ___ the way!
[ ] eet and leed
[ ] ete and lede
[ ] eat and leed
[ ] eat and lead
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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - The Sound ea (bead) (Answers)
1. Which of these words makes the 'ea' sound we are doing the quiz on?
[ ] deaf
[ ] dead
[x] sea
[ ] instead
Only the third answer makes the 'ee/ea' sound, the other words make an 'eh' sound.
2. Spell the missing word: Last night I had a wonderful ____.
[x] dream
[ ] bream
[ ] dreem
[ ] dweam
It's believed that the idea for the sewing machine came to someone in a dream!
3. Spell the missing word: Chicken is my favorite ____.
[ ] meet
[ ] maet
[x] meat
[ ] meate
The first answer is also said the same way but means you are meeting somebody - it's not something you eat.
4. Spell the missing word: Your handwriting is very ____.
[ ] gneat
[ ] kneat
[ ] kneet
[x] neat
Calligraphy is when writing looks like artwork and is usually created with a fountain pen.
5. Spell the missing word: It's cold in here, turn up the ____.
[x] heat
[ ] heate
[ ] heet
[ ] heatt
Libya is the hottest country in the world.
6. Spell the missing word: My ____ in the movie theater was row 3 number 12.
[x] seat
[ ] seate
[ ] ceat
[ ] sceat
Do you have a favorite film?
7. Spell the missing word: You need to retake the test because I saw you ____.
[ ] cheate
[ ] chaet
[x] cheat
[ ] cheet
They say if you cheat - you only cheat yourself. This means if you cheat you will never learn and you will be the one suffering in the end.
8. Spell the missing word: Oh my! What a big ____ you have!
[ ] beac
[ ] beec
[ ] beek
[x] beak
Pelicans have the largest beaks or bills out of all the birds.
9. Spell the missing word: You are not strong, you are ____.
[ ] reak
[x] weak
[ ] reake
[ ] weake
You can't grow new muscles but you can make them bigger.
10. Spell the missing words: I can't wait to ___, ___ the way!
[ ] eet and leed
[ ] ete and lede
[ ] eat and leed
[x] eat and lead
The most a person can survive without food is sixty days but it does depend on the conditions, like weather etc.