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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:
break and brake
groan and grown
Let's look at these in a sentence so we can understand their different meanings:
Be careful or you will break your glasses!
Break is a verb meaning to damage something by separating it in to two or more pieces.
A break is also a noun meaning a pause, especially while working.
He pulled on the brake to stop.
A brake is a device for slowing down or stopping a vehicle.
Brake can also mean to slow down or stop by using a brake.
She was felling ill and let out a groan.
A groan is a deep noise like a moan, we sometimes make it when we feel bad.
Groan is also a verb meaning to make the noise.
Look how much I have grown!
Grown is a verb meaning something has got bigger.
Use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check to practise spellings a few times before we begin the activities.
