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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 two pairs of homophones:
berry and bury
fair and fare
Let's look at these in a sentence so that we can understand their different meanings:
A delicious looking berry.
A berry is a fruit that grows on different plants. Some are edible.
Let's bury the treasure!
Bury is a verb meaning to put something underground or cover it completely.
Shall we catch the bus? The fare is 50p.
A fare is how much something costs, usually for a ride on public transport.
The word fair has a few common meanings:
I'd love to ride the merry-go-round at the fair.
A fair is a place which has fun rides and games.
The weather is fair
Pleasant weather is sometimes described as fair.
That's not fair! I want to have the first turn!
When something is fair, everyone is treated equally.
Use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check to practise spellings a few times before we begin the activities.
