"er" Words
"ar" Words
"or" Words
"air" Words
"ear" Words
100

This animal has feathers, wings, and a beak.

What is a bird?

100

You might ride in this vehicle to school.

What is a car?

100

You open this to enter a room.

What is a door?

100

You sit on this at your desk.

What is a chair?

100

You use this body part to listen.

What is an ear?

200

This healthcare worker helps care for patients.

What is a nurse?

200

This bright object twinkles in the night sky.

What is a star?

200

This number comes right after three.

What is four?

200

You brush or comb this on your head.

What is hair?

200

This animal has antlers and may live in the woods.

What is a deer?

300

You wear this piece of clothing on the upper half of your body.

What is a shirt?

300

This person grows crops and may raise animals.

What is a farmer?

300

You walk on this surface inside a classoom.

What is the floor?

300

Two matching socks make one of these.

What is a pair?

300

These salty drops may run down your cheeks when you cry.

What are tears?

400

When two teams take turns, each team must wait for its next ____.

What is a turn?

400

This is an instrument with strings. It can be acoustic or electric.

What is a guitar?

400

Thunder, lightning, and heavy rain may happen during this.

What is a storm?

400

To fix something that is broken means to do this.

What is to repair?
400

This facial hair grows on someone's cheeks and chin.

What is a beard?

500

This word means the reason something happens. Complete the sentence: "Please explain the ___ of the assignment."

What is a purpose?

500

This word means to leave or begin a trip. It is the opposite of arrive.

What is to depart?
500

This word means to investigate a place to learn more about it.

What is to explore?

500

To get ready for something means to do this.

What is to prepare?

500

This word means to vanish or become impossible to see.

What is to disappear?

1000

FINAL JEOPARDY: 

Solve all five clues. Each answer contains a different vocalic /r/ sound.

  1. “er”: The opposite of last.
  2. “ar”: The opposite of light, when describing a room.
  3. “or”: The opposite of less.
  4. “air”: The opposite of unfair.
  5. “ear”: The opposite of far.

1. First
2. Dark
3. More
4. Fair
5. Near