Unit 12: Spelling choices for /air/ sound: air, are or ear
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Click here to hear the sound /air/ |
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There are three main ways of spelling this vowel sound. There are no rules to help you decide which spelling to use but, as you can see below, the most common is are. |
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| air as in hair | are as in square | ear as in bear |
Read the words below. The lists contain many homophones, marked *,
for example:
| pair - two pare - to peel pear - the fruit |
A pair of shoes. Pare the apple A pear tree |
All the homophones below are covered in detail on the next page.
| air | are | ear | |
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fair * lair pair * chair flair * stair * hair* |
bare
* dare hare * pare * rare flare * scare snare stare * |
care fare * mare ware * blare glare share spare |
bear * pear * swear tear wear * |
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