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Homophones Online Lesson

This document provides examples and explanations of homophones. It begins by defining homophones as words that are spelled differently but sound the same. It then provides several examples of common homophone pairs like pear/pair and weak/week. The rest of the document consists of activities to help students identify homophones, including word banks, sentences to choose the correct homophone, and practice identifying incorrect homophones in sample text.

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Homophones Online Lesson

This document provides examples and explanations of homophones. It begins by defining homophones as words that are spelled differently but sound the same. It then provides several examples of common homophone pairs like pear/pair and weak/week. The rest of the document consists of activities to help students identify homophones, including word banks, sentences to choose the correct homophone, and practice identifying incorrect homophones in sample text.

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Homophones

(The words that sound same)


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Objectives of the lesson
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
✘ Understand the concept of homophones
✘ Differentiate between two words that sound the same but meanings are different
✘ Use homophones in a sentence.

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What Are Homophones?
Homophones are words that are spelled differently,
have different meanings, yet sound the same.

homophone

same sound
For Example…

pear pair
For Example…

weak week
Homophones
Homophones are words that sound alike but
have different meanings
Examples: bear/bare, write/right, soul/sole,
pour/pore, son/sun, hour/our, fairy/ferry,
buy/by

Let’s see some more examples students!


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Let’s look at some
sentences now!
Focus on the use of homophones in the sentences.
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Activity # 1

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ate

eight

The children ______ the food at ____ o’


clock. 13
I

eye

____ have got an infection in my _____.


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blew

blue

The wind______ away my mother’s______


scarf. 15
accept

except

Everyone_______ the idea_______ the team


leader. 16
Activity # 2

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Choose the correct
homophone!

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Would
____________ you like to play football with us?
(Would, Wood)
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We travelled in a ________
plane after a long time.
(plain, plane)
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I stayed with my grandparents for three__________.
weeks
(weaks, weeks)
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I cannot _________
wait to meet my friends after so long.
(wait, weight)
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My grandma loves to eat ___________
cereal for breakfast.
(cereal, serial)
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A giant rat was living in the___________.
hole
(whole, hole)
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My mum gave me a __________
pear in the lunch today.
(pair, pear)
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Activity # 3

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Pick the homophones
Complete the sentences using homophones from the word bank.

1. I blew up the balloon which was blue.


2. I knew that my mom bought me a new bike.
3. The company will hire my dad for a higher position.
4. Our school baseball team won only one game this year.
5. At the carnival, I threw the ball through the rings to win a prize.
6. My legs felt weak when we ran during gym class last week.
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Classwork Time
(Students take out your Grammar worksheet)

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Task # 1

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Activity # 4
let’s do some more practice

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Jannet is an excellent speller, but she tends to get
confused when two words sound similar. Help
Jannet write what she means by underlining each
incorrect homophone and writing the correct
word.
Sally spent the summer at her ant Becky’s house. Their were
lots of creaks near the house that Sally liked to play in.

aunt There creeks

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The family was so hungry they eight two whole pizzas! Won
pizza was cheese and the other was pepperoni. Each person ate
three peaces.

ate one pieces

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I like cats, but I like dogs two. When I go to the park I
sea lots of cats. The won I like best is very cuddly.

too see one

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Task # 2

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Dear grammarians,
Lets check your understanding!
I challenge you with this word wall activity!

https://wordwall.net/play/17154/776/667

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Thanks Students

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