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Special Sounds – ear

 

*ear can have 3 different sounds: /ear/, /air/ and /er/

 

1. fear

bear

earn

sear

2. wear

yearn

dear

pear

3. earth

near

tear

heard

4. tear

bears

learn

rear

5. wearing

search

shear

pears

6. rehearse

year

tearing

research

7. ear

bear

Earl

spear

8. swear

hearse

clear

pear

 

 

1. Earl’s girl wears pearl earrings.

 

 

2. The bears heard Earl rehearse.

 

 

3. Each year we spear a deer.

 

 

4. Earl searched the earth to earn a

 

pearl.

 

 

5. Dear Claire, I swear to stay near.

 

 

6. His bleary eyes leak tears.

 

 

7. There’s a dearth of earnings this year.