Starter quiz
- Select the pair of homophones.
- currently
- current ✓
- currant ✓
- coherent
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- Match the homophones.
- groan⇔grown ✓
- peace⇔piece ✓
- plain⇔plane ✓
- berry⇔bury ✓
- Tick the sentence in which the homophone in bold has been spelt correctly.
- The hiker felt a sharp pain in his heel. ✓
- The hiker felt a sharp pain in his heal.
- The hiker felt a sharp pain in his he'll.
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- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. We spent a relaxing day at the beech.
- beach ✓
- beche
- bech
- biech
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. I ate a tasty pees of pie.
- peace
- piece ✓
- peas
- peece
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. Walk in a strate line.
- strait
- straight ✓
- streight
- straet
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Exit quiz
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. I ate the hole thing.
- hoal
- whole ✓
- hoel
- hol
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- Tick the sentence in which the homophone in bold has been spelt correctly.
- He threw the ball across the room. ✓
- He through the ball across the room.
- He throo the ball across the room.
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. The dog's pawz were covered in mud.
- pause
- paws ✓
- pawse
- puase
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. That is thare pencil.
- their ✓
- there
- they're
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. We had a gramer lesson today.
- 'grammar' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. The wumin gathered to discuss the situation.
- 'women' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings and meanings are called homophones.
- Unlike other words we have investigated, there are no patterns for homophones.
- The way a word is spelt and its place within a sentence will tell us its meaning.
- How to spell the curriculum words: ordinary, grammar and women.
Common misconception
Children may not know the spelling due to not always being able to rely on rules.
Remind children of the range of spelling strategies they could use to remember the spellings, such as naughty letters or big letters.
Keywords
Homophone - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
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