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What are homophones?
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What are homophones?
Words that sound the same
But they mean something different
Usually spelled different
EXAMPLE:
Read
Red
Homophone
Tail
Back part of an animal
Tale
A story that is not true
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) Cinderella is a famous fairy tail.
2) Cinderella is a famous fairy tale.
3) A dog will wag its tail when it's happy.
4) A dog will wag its tale when it's happy.
Now you try…
Homophone
Which homophone is this?
_______ & _________
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) The son is shining.
2) The sun is shining.
3) Her sun was very clever.
4) Her son was very clever.
Homophone
•T o e
•T o w
•To pull something
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) I don't put nail varnish on my tow nails.
2) My car broke down and I needed a toe.
3) My car broke down and I needed a tow.
4) I don't put nail varnish on my toe nails.
Now you try…
Homophone
Which homophone is this?
_______ & _________
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) I enjoy eating pears.
2) I enjoy eating pairs.
3) She bought a new pear of trousers.
4) She bought a new pair of trousers.
Homophone
•P a i n
•h u r t
•P a n e
•outside part of
a window
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) He broke the pane of glass.
2) He hit his hand and was in a lot of pain.
3) He hit his hand and was in a lot of pane.
4) He broke the pain of glass.
Homophone
Tied
Tide
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) When he was old enough he tied his own
shoelaces.
2) King Canute tried to stop the tied coming in.
3) King Canute tried to stop the tide coming in.
4) When he was old enough he tide his own
shoelaces.
Homophone
Suite
a nice room
sweet
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) When her son was good she gave him
a sweet.
2) They stayed in the bridal sweet.
3) When her son was good she gave him a
suite.
4) They stayed in the bridal suite.
Homophone
Poor
Pour
pore
Which 3 Sentences are
Correct?
1. When he was young they were very poor.
2. She went to poor him a drink.
3. She has nice pores on her face. .
4. She went to pour him a drink.
5. When he was young they were very pour.
6. When he was young they were very pore.
Homophone
soar
sore
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1. We watched the bird sore.
2. My hand was sore.
3. We watched the bird soar.
4. My hand was soar.
Now you try…
Homophone
Which homophone is this?
_______ & _________
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) I can't speak today, I'm a little horse.
2) I can't speak today, I'm a little hoarse.
3) When she was a little girl all she wanted was a
little horse.
4) When she was a little girl all she wanted was a
little hoarse.
Homophone
Knight
Night
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1. The knight rode his horse.
2. I don't like to walk home alone at night.
3. I don't like to walk home alone at knight.
4. The night rode his horse.
Homophone
Mail
Male
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1. At work I check the mail every morning.
2. A tom is a male cat.
3. A tom is a mail cat.
4. At work I check the male every
morning.
Homophone
sail
sale
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) The yacht had a white sale.
2) The yacht had a white sail.
3) The skirt was on sail.
4) The skirt was on sale.
Homophone
Hole
Whole
All of it
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) He was very greedy and ate the whole
cake.
2) She found a hole in her sock.
3) She found a whole in her sock.
4) He was very greedy and ate the hole
cake.
Now you try…
Homophone
Which homophone is this?
_______ & _________
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) He had to brake hard to avoid an accident.
2) Be careful not to break it!
3) He had to break hard to avoid an accident.
4) Be careful not to brake it!
Homophone
berry
bury
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) He will bury his treasure in the garden.
2) My favorite berry is strawberry.
3) He will berry his treasure in the garden.
4) My favorite bury is strawberry.
Homophone
Ewe You
Animal
Yew
Yew tree
Which 3 Sentences are
Correct?
1) Depending on the breed, a yew produces 2 - 7.5 lb of
milk daily.
2) Depending on the breed, a ewe produces 2 - 7.5 lb of
milk daily.
3) The Yew tree is extremely long lived.
4) The Ewe tree is extremely long lived.
5) Do you exercise everyday?
6) Do ewe exercise everyday?
Now you try…
Homophone
Which homophone is this?
_______ & _________
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1. The cowboy rode his horse into town.
2. He road his bike to school.
3. The road where I live is very busy.
4. Walk down the rode to the stoplight.
Homophone
muscle
Mussel
seafood
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1. Muscles can be found attached to gravel,
seawalls, and rocks.
2. Mussels can be found attached to gravel,
seawalls, and rocks.
3. Exercise helps to build muscles.
4. Exercise helps to build mussels
Homophone
Pause
paws
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) The cat licked his paws.
2) There was a paws in the music.
3) The cat licked his pause.
4) There was a pause in the music.
Now you try…
Homophone
Which homophone is this?
_______ & _________
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) He gave her some beautiful flowers.
2) She couldn't find any self-raising flour in
Germany.
3) He gave her some beautiful flours.
4) She couldn't find any self-raising flower in
Germany.
Now you try…
Homophone
Which homophone is this?
_______ & _________
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) Vegetarians don't eat meet.
2) Members meet every week.
3) Vegetarians don't eat meat.
4) Members meat every week.
Homophone
ball
Bawl
cry
Which 2 Sentences are
Correct?
1) He kicked the bawl as hard as he could.
2) He kicked the ball as hard as he could.
3) They were sick of hearing her bawl.
4) They were sick of hearing her ball.
Homophone
Doe
Female deer
Dough
Used to make bread