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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:
steel and steal
wary and weary
Let's look at these in a sentence so we can understand their different meanings:
A steel cooking pot
Steel is a type of metal.
He tried to steal something from the shop.
Steal is a verb meaning to take something that doesn't belong to you without permission.
She was very wary of the dog.
Wary is an adjective describing feeling cautious.
She was weary after the long walk.
Weary is an adjective meaning tired.
Let's practise spelling these words!
