Homophones "Do We by, Buy, Or Bye Tickets"

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Books in this series:Can You Hear Me From Here?

Do We By, Buy, or Bye Tickets?They’re There in Their Boat

Where Do I Wear Water Wings?Who’s on Whose Spot?You’re on Your Phone

Books in this series:Can You Hear Me From Here?

Do We By, Buy, or Bye Tickets?They’re There in Their Boat

Where Do I Wear Water Wings?Who’s on Whose Spot?You’re on Your Phone

Homophones are words that sound alike but arespelled differently and have different meanings.

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Amanda Rondeau

Do We By, Buy, or Bye

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Do We By, Buy, or Bye

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rondeau, Amanda, 1974-Do we by, buy, or bye tickets? / Amanda Rondeau.

p. cm. -- (Homophones)Includes index.Summary: Photographs and simple text introduce homophones, words that sound alike

but are spelled differently and have different meanings.ISBN 1-57765-782-91. English language--Homonyms--Juvenile literature. [1. English language--Homonyms.]

I. Title. II. Series.

PE1595 .R68 2002428.1--dc21

2001053373

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9 Homographs: words that are spelled the same but sound different and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-graph”= same look

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9 Homophones: words that sound alike but are spelled differently and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-phone”= sound alike

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Homophones

by buy byenext to; through to purchase short for

the work or something “good-bye”means of; past

4

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Homophones are words thatsound alike but are spelleddifferently and have differentmeanings.

5

Homophones

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I save money in my piggy bank.

I am saving up to buy a game.

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Homophones

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I had to go home.

We said bye by the side of the road.

7

Homophones

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We like to buy ice cream whenwe go to the beach.

It tastes good.

8

Homophones

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Carrie is my best friend.

I hug her when we say bye.

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Homophones

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He plays songs by many artists.

Ann likes to sing along.

10

Homophones

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Jenna is excited.

Her dad will buy her newhockey gear.

11

Homophones

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I say bye to my mom when Ileave for school.

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Homophones

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I like to sit by my sister whenshe reads to me.

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Homophones

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We buy bread at the bakery.

They also sell cakes.

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Homophones

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Joe is going on a trip.

He waved bye to his friends.

15

Homophones

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We went to a pumpkin patchand sat by the pumpkins in the field.

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Homophones

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We buy pumpkins by thepound.

This one is heavy.

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Homophones

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We wave bye to our mom inthe morning.

She goes to work early.

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Homophones

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I ride the bus after school andget off by my house.

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Homophones

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The family drove by us in awhite car.

They waved bye.

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Homophones

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Eva shops with her mom.

What kind of fruit do they buy?(oranges)

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Homophones

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Words I Can Read

NounsA noun is a person, place, or thing

Proper NounsA proper noun is the name of a person, place, or thing

Ann (AN) p. 10Carrie (KA-ree) p. 9

Eva (EEV-uh) p. 21Jenna (JEN-uh) p. 11

Joe (JOH) p. 15

artists (AR-tistss) p. 10bakery (BAYK-ur-ee)

p. 14beach (BEECH) p. 8bread (BRED) p. 14bus (BUHSS) p. 19cakes (KAYKSS) p. 14car (KAR) p. 20dad (DAD) p. 11family (FAM-uh-lee)

p. 20field (FEELD) p. 16friend (FREND) p. 9friends (FRENDZ) p. 15fruit (FROOT) p. 21game (GAME) p. 6gear (GIHR) p. 11hockey (HOK-ee) p. 11home (HOME) p. 7

homophones (HOME-uh-fonez) p. 5

house (HOUSS) p. 19ice cream (EYESS

KREEM) p. 8kind (KINDE) p. 21meanings (MEE-ningz)

p. 5means (MEENZ) p. 4mom (MOM)

pp. 12, 18, 21money (MUHN-ee) p. 6morning (MOR-ning)

p. 18one (WUHN) p. 17oranges (OR-inj-ez)

p. 21patch (PACH) p. 16

piggy bank (PIG-ee BANGK) p. 21

pound (POUND) p. 17pumpkin (PUHMP-kin)

p. 16pumpkins

(PUHMP-kinz) pp. 16, 17

road (ROHD) p. 7school (SKOOL)

pp. 12, 19side (SIDE) p. 7sister (SISS-tur) p. 13songs (SAWNGZ) p. 10trip (TRIP) p. 15words (WURDZ) p. 5work (WURK) pp. 4, 18

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PronounsA pronoun is a word that replaces a noun

VerbsA verb is an action or being word

am (AM) p. 6are (AR) p. 5buy (BYE)

pp. 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 21do (DOO) p. 21drove (DROVE) p. 20get (GET) p. 19go (GOH) pp. 7, 8goes (GOHZ) p. 18going (GOH-ing) p. 15had (HAD) p. 7have (HAV) p. 5hug (HUHG) p. 9

is (IZ) pp. 9, 11, 15, 17leave (LEEV) p. 12like (LIKE) pp. 8, 13likes (LIKESS) p. 10plays (PLAYZ) p. 10purchase (PUR-chuhss)

p. 4reads (REEDZ) p. 13ride (RIDE) p. 19said (SED) p. 7sat (SAT) p. 16save (SAYV) p. 6saving (SAYV-ing) p. 6

say (SAY) pp. 9, 12sell (SEL) p. 14shops (SHOPSS) p. 21sing (SING) p. 10sit (SIT) p. 13sound (SOUND) p. 5spelled (SPELD) p. 5tastes (TAYSTSS) p. 8wave (WAYV) p. 18waved (WAYVD)

pp. 15, 20went (WENT) p. 16will (WIL) p. 11

he (HEE) pp. 10, 15her (HUR) pp. 9, 11I (EYE)

pp. 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 19it (IT) p. 8me (MEE) p. 13

she (SHEE) pp. 13, 18something

(SUHM-thing) p. 4they (THAY)

pp. 14, 20, 21us (UHSS) p. 20

we (WEE) pp. 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18

what (WUHT) p. 21

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AdjectivesAn adjective describes something

AdverbsAn adverb tells how, when, or where

something happensalso (AWL-soh) p. 14 differently

(DIF-ur-uhnt-lee) p. 5early (UR-lee) p. 18up (UHP) p. 6

alike (uh-LIKE) p. 5best (BEST) p. 9different (DIF-ur-uhnt)

p. 5excited (ek-SITE-ed)

p. 11good (GUD) p. 8

heavy (HEV-ee) p. 17her (HUR) p. 21his (HIZ) p. 15many (MEN-ee) p. 10my (MYE)

pp. 6, 9, 12, 13, 19new (NOO) p. 11

our (OUR) p. 18short (SHORT) p. 4this (THISS) p. 17white (WITE) p. 20

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