English Challenge - Wednesday 29th April

English Challenge - Wednesday 29th April

Homophones

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to revise homophones.

These can cause us a lot of problems in our writing, especially if we use the wrong one!

Remember homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings, for example hole and whole.

To begin with can you try to list as many pairs of homophones as you can think of. Two minutes!

Now copy the sentences below and choose the correct homophone to complete each.

1. She bought a beautiful new gown _____ (for/four) the dance.

2. The chocolate bar was _____ (hear/here) on the table a minute ago.

3. The players walked out on to the tennis _____ (court.caught) to play in the final.

4. Look _____ (threw/through) the window and the beautiful sunset.

5. I'm not sure whether that is a rabbit or a _____(hare/hair).

6. As I am a vegetarian, I don't eat _____ (meet/meat)

7. I don;t really _____ (no/know) what to do.

8. At Easter, I _____ (ate/eight) a _____(hole/whole) Easter egg.

Now can you write a sentence using each of these homophones to show their correct meanings.

1. write and right

2. where and wear

3. choose and chews

4. find and fined

5. allowed and aloud