Spell Common Homophones

In this activity, we're going to to be looking at common homophones and how to spell them.

 

Homophones are words that sound the same, but mean different things and are spelt differently.

 

For example bear and bare.  

 

Read those two words out loud - did you notice that they sound exactly the same?  

They have completely different meanings though.

Let's look at each of them in a sentence:

 

The bear was prowling through the forest.

 

 

On hot days I like to take off my socks and have bare feet.

 

 

In this activity, we are going to practise spelling three pairs of homophones:

 

knot and not

main and mane

meet and meat

 

Let's look at these in a sentence so we can understand their different meanings:

 

This rope is tied in a knot.

 

 

A knot is made when something like rope or string is looped around itself and tightened.

 

 

It is not raining.

 

 

We use the word not when we want to show the opposite of something or to express a negative.

 

 

There is a lot of traffic on the main road.

 

 

Main means most important or largest.

 

 

The lion shook his mane.

 

 

Adult male lions have a mane of long fur around their heads.

 

 

It's nice to meet you!

 

 

When we are face to face to someone we meet them.

 

Do you eat meat?

 

 

Food made from the flesh of an animal is called meat.

 

Ok, let's practise using these words now in the following questions.