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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:
compliment and complement
profit and prophet
Let's look at these in a sentence so we can understand their different meanings:
She paid me a kind compliment.
A compliment is a polite expression of praise. It can also be a verb meaning to politely praise someone.
A cup of tea will complement the taste of this biscuit.
Complement is a verb meaning to go well with or enhance something else.
The shop made a large profit.
A profit is a financial gain. It is sometimes also used as another way to describe a non-financial benefit or advantage.
Many religions worship a prophet.
A prophet is a (usually historical) person who is very wise and sometimes gives messages from a god.
Let's practise spelling these words!
