HOMOPHONESHOMOPHONES

What are What are homophones?homophones?

•Words that sound Words that sound the same but have a the same but have a different spelling different spelling and/or meaningand/or meaning

ExamplesExamples

• Witch and which-Witch and which- do you know what do you know what these words mean?these words mean?

• In pairs think of as many In pairs think of as many as you can and note as you can and note them down on your them down on your whiteboards.whiteboards.

Let’s check!Let’s check!• bear – barebear – bare• reel – realreel – real• knew – newknew – new• no – knowno – know

• brake- breakbrake- break• pair – pearpair – pear

• How many more did you How many more did you find?find?

Your task!Your task!

• Using the words that you have Using the words that you have written down write a sentence.written down write a sentence.

• Example: Example: • Tom Tom knewknew he had won the he had won the

game.game.

• Tom had a Tom had a newnew pair of shoes pair of shoes..