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

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This 'Sound ear' spelling quiz makes elementary school children aware of the words that are spelled with those three letters.

The letters ‘ear’ make the same sound as ‘eer’. Any time you see these three letters it could make the 'ear' sound or the 'er' sound. This test is on the 'ear' - the longer vowel sound it makes. Test your knowledge on 'ear' spellings.

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Spell the missing word: ____ Alan, I'm writing to you to say hello.

[ ]	Deer
[ ]	Dear
[ ]	Deare
[ ]	Bear

Spell the missing word: Speak louder, I can't ____ you.

[ ]	here
[ ]	hear
[ ]	heer
[ ]	her

Spell the missing word: Are you growing a ____?

[ ]	beard
[ ]	beared
[ ]	bearb
[ ]	baerd

Spell the missing word: Your dart was very ____ to the bullseye.

[ ]	neer
[ ]	near
[ ]	knear
[ ]	neare

Spell the missing word: Which ____ were you born?

[ ]	uear
[ ]	yeare
[ ]	year
[ ]	yiear

Spell the missing word: I'll take the front if you bring up the ____.

[ ]	wear
[ ]	reare
[ ]	weere
[ ]	rear

Spell the missing word: The Roman man used a ____ to kill the boar.

[ ]	speare
[ ]	sphere
[ ]	sphear
[ ]	spear

Spell the missing word: A ____ rolled down her cheek.

[ ]	tare
[ ]	tear
[ ]	teer
[ ]	teare

Spell the missing word: His piggy bank is made of ____ glass.

[ ]	klear
[ ]	cleare
[ ]	clear
[ ]	klear

10.

Spell the missing word: She ____ mud all over her face.

[ ]	smeard
[ ]	smeared
[ ]	smaered
[ ]	smearde

Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - The Sound ear (Answers)

Spell the missing word: ____ Alan, I'm writing to you to say hello.

[ ]	Deer
[x]	Dear
[ ]	Deare
[ ]	Bear

When you write a letter, we begin it with 'Dear'. If you are talking about the animal, we write 'deer'.

Spell the missing word: Speak louder, I can't ____ you.

[ ]	here
[x]	hear
[ ]	heer
[ ]	her

This kind of 'hear' is to do with sound, we know this because the word 'ear' is in it!

Spell the missing word: Are you growing a ____?

[x]	beard
[ ]	beared
[ ]	bearb
[ ]	baerd

In November, many men grow beards to raise money for charity - it's called Movember!

Spell the missing word: Your dart was very ____ to the bullseye.

[ ]	neer
[x]	near
[ ]	knear
[ ]	neare

The red circle in the middle of a dartboard is called the bullseye and is where you get the most points (50).

Spell the missing word: Which ____ were you born?

[ ]	uear
[ ]	yeare
[x]	year
[ ]	yiear

Every Chinese New Year an animal is named for that year. You can find out which animal you are and what that means about you.

Spell the missing word: I'll take the front if you bring up the ____.

[ ]	wear
[ ]	reare
[ ]	weere
[x]	rear

The word 'rear' means back, so this means if you take the front, I'll look after the back.

Spell the missing word: The Roman man used a ____ to kill the boar.

[ ]	speare
[ ]	sphere
[ ]	sphear
[x]	spear

A spear is a long pole with a pointed end that was used in combat by the Romans.

Spell the missing word: A ____ rolled down her cheek.

[ ]	tare
[x]	tear
[ ]	teer
[ ]	teare

A tear is a noun - a word for water coming from your eyes. However, tear can also be a verb where you rip something.

Spell the missing word: His piggy bank is made of ____ glass.

[ ]	klear
[ ]	cleare
[x]	clear
[ ]	klear

There is a saying: take care of the pennies and the pennies will take care of the pounds. This means: every penny counts!

10.

Spell the missing word: She ____ mud all over her face.

[ ]	smeard
[x]	smeared
[ ]	smaered
[ ]	smearde

Some people put mud over their face to make it feel fresh; unfortunately it's not the mud you find in your garden but special mud with extra ingredients added!