New 'er' spellings, including 'or' and 'ear' | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Choose the words which contain the er sound.

• burn

• purse

• hear

• over

• fire

Answer explanation

Spellings of the 'er' sound include: ‘er’, ‘ir' and 'ur'.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Choose the words which contain the er sound.

• word

• earth

• twirl

• fear

• for

Answer explanation

Spellings of the 'er' sound include: ‘er’, ‘ir'. 'ur', 'or' and 'ear'.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I __________ in England.

• lif

• liv

• live

Answer explanation

'Live' is spelt with 've' at the end, like 'love' and 'have'.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I have a pet __________ .

• hamstu

• hamster

• haster

• hamstir

Answer explanation

'Hamster' is spelt using 'er', even though it sounds like an 'uh' at the end.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. I put the __________ in the post box.

• lettuh

• leter

• letter

Answer explanation

Letter has a double 't' after the short vowel and the 'er' spelling is at the end of the word.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

Select the correct spelling to match the sentence. My hamster has brown __________ .

• fur

• fir

• fer

Answer explanation

'Fur' is spelt using the 'ur' spelling. It is an exception because the 'ur' spelling generally is found in the middle of a word.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B