Homophones

What is a homophone? They are words that sound the same, however: They are words that sound the same, however: they are spelled differently, and they are spelled differently, and they have different meanings. they have different meanings.

Read the following pairs of sentences. What do you notice about the underlined words? 1. My aunt wrote a letter to my sister. The tiny ant crawled on the floor.

Example 2 The Bailey kids liked to meet under the oak tree to eat lunch. What is your favorite kind of meat?

Example 3 We will need flour to make the masa for the tamales. You can pick one flower from the garden.

Example 4 My son plays the guitar in a rock band. The sun came out after the storm.

Read the following sentences. Click on the correct word to complete the sentence. 1. I can smell the (cent, scent) of a skunk. 2. Susie walked in her (bare, bear) feet in the sand. 3. Tommy had a (pair, pear) in his lunch.

Now try these! 1. He (kneaded, needed) help with his homework. 2. Mom (knows, nose) the answer to that question. 3. I saw a (doe, dough) with her fawn drinking water at the pond.

Troublesome Words The words to, too, and two sound the same, but have different meanings. Use to when you mean “in the direction of.” We walked to school in the rain.

Use too when you mean “also.” Mrs. Lemon makes good cookies, too. Use two when you mean “one more than one.” I have two tickets for the concert on Saturday.

The words there, their, and they’re sound the same, but they have different meanings. Use there when you mean “in that place.” We can plant flowers over there in the garden. Use their when you mean “belonging to them.” Their dog sleeps under our tree.

Use they’re when you mean the contraction for “they are.” They said they’re going to visit a lighthouse when they go to the beach.

Now try these! Complete each sentence with to, too, or two. 1. I saw (too, two) robins in the yard. 2. There was a sparrow in the tree (to, too). 3. The robins flew (to, two) their nest in the tree.

Now try these! Complete each sentence with there, their, or they’re. 1. Many elephants make (their, there) homes in Africa. 2. (They’re, There) the largest land animals. 3. Young elephants live with (they’re, their) mothers.

Homophones can be tricky! You did a great job working on them today!