Learning objective HOMOPHONES To define the homophone term

Learning objective: HOMOPHONES To define the homophone term. Give examples of homophones. To assign the correct meaning to each word in a homophone set.

DEFINITIO N Homophones are words that have the same sound but have different meanings and different spellings. Note : Write the definition in your notebook.

HOMOPHONE MATCHING Match the pictures on the right with the pictures on the left that have the same sound.

Homophone matching say the name of each picture and color the correct word.

HOMOPHONES LIST • Sea / See Ad / Add Cell / Sale Doe / Dough • Ate / Eight Buy / Bye / By Stair / Stare Read / Red • Blew / Blue Two / To Pear / Pair Weigh / Way • Sun / Son Four / For Flour / Flower So / Sew • Break / Brake Hare / Hair Mail / Male Wear / Where • Made / Maid Inn / In Knot / Not • Dear / Deer One / Won Piece / Peace • Night / Knight Weak / Week Scent / Cent • Aunt / Ant Beat / Beet Led / Lead • Flower / Flour Meat / Meet Tale / Tail • Waist / Waste Right / Write Road / Rode / Rowed • Hour / Our Bear / Bare Rain / Reign • Sum / Some Sail / Sale Bee / Be

Exercise 1 : circle the homophone that best fits the sentence.

ANSWER KEY – EXERCISE - 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Sell Eight Not Won In Sail Knight Led Son Sum Hair Rowed

Exercise 2: choose and write the correct homophone for each sentence.

ANSWER KEY – EXERCISE - 2 1. Bear 2. Scent 3. Deer 4. Due 5. Knight 6. Waist 7. Piece 8. Reign 9. Made 10. Steak

HOMOPHONE - HUNT • Exercise: - 3 Hunt for the homophones used in the passage given below. Circle which homophone would complete the sentence • Last (week/weak) we left the city to go on an adventure with our (aunt/ant). Aunt Betty took us on a ride. (Some/sum) of us wanted to (meet/meat) up with (hour/our) (dear/deer) friend Dan, but we didn’t have time. Aunt Betty had other plans for us. • She took us (two/to/too) a forest and all we could (sea/see) were trees. We walked deep into the forest and after an (hour/our) Aunt Betty suddenly stopped. In front of us was a fallen tree. She said, ‘Do you (hear/here) that? ’. We all learned in close (Aunt/ant) Betty lifted up the log and showed us a family of (eight/ate) black (aunts/ants).

ANSWER KEY – EXERCISE - 3 • Last week we left the city to go on an adventure with our aunt. Aunt Betty took us on a ride. Some of us wanted to meet up with our dear friend Dan, but we didn’t have time. Aunt Betty had other plans for us. • • She took us to a forest and all we could see were trees. We walked deep into the forest and after an hour Aunt Betty suddenly stopped. In front of us was a fallen tree. She said, “Do you hear that? ’. We all leaned in close Aunt Betty lifted up the log and showed us a family of eight black ants.

Exercise: - 4 Read the poem and underline the correct homophones used.

ANSWER KEY – EXERCISE - 4 I’m all mixed Up I need help from you. How do I know Why the sky is blue? I do not know. I wish I Knew! Is my sister aged four or two? I am named Marie. She is named Bee We eat red berries By the water at the sea. I have a lot of work to do! I’ll sew a button On the coat you wear. I’ll sit on that chair I’ll wait right over there.