A
homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling.
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10 pages of a wide variety
of homophone activities designed for Key Stage 2.
Recognize synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and
homophones for identified vocabulary words presented in isolation or within a group of words.
Engage your students in reviewing
homophones with this fun set of winter powerpoint lesson plans!
Garner on Language and Writing gives examples of commonly misused
homophones in legal writing.
Includes activities
on homophones, nouns, up - levelling work and prepositions.
Below you can watch a short video that demonstrates my Wreath of Fortune Christmas
homophones powerpoint presentation.
Anders: Comma and apostrophe mistakes are quite common, of course, as well
as homophone mistakes such as [confusing] to, too, and two.
Engage your students in learning
about homophones with this fun set of Halloween powerpoint lesson plans!
This Power Point tests knowledge of nouns, adjectives and adverbs, prepositions, prefixes to form opposites, alphabetical ordering,
homophones such as there / their and much more besides.
Create Your
Own Homophone Work Sheets Everything you need for a great homonym activity.
Click below for more information about: December Writing Prompts Wreath of Fortune Homophones
Even though Spellchecker is a valuable tool, it does not always catch nuances
between homophones (words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have two different meanings).
Prefixes
Endings Homophones Silent letters Soft g as in ge, gi and gy (gym) Endings with... able and... ible Endings with... ure Words with ei, eigh, ey Suffixes as in ous and silent o Endings with... ion Words with ch sounds as in parachute Word endings including: ant ence ancy ent ably ibly tion sion ssion cian
These include: Prefixes Endings
Homophones Silent letters Soft g as in ge, gi and gy (gym) Endings with... able and... ible Endings with... ure Words with ei, eigh, ey Suffixes as in ous and silent o Endings with... ion Words with ch sounds as in parachute Word endings including: ant ence ancy ent ably ibly tion sion ssion cian
These four PowerPoint lessons explain to the children
what homophones and homonyms are and then shows them how to create some teasing riddles and r...
Homonyms -
Homophones Tic - Tac - Toe - Bingo Game 2 - ESL Fun Games - Have Fun!
Players will find grammar, spelling, capitalization, and
homophone mistakes, and they can hone skills for a specific mistake in the practice mode.
Below you can watch a short video that demonstrates my
Halloween homophones powerpoint presentation.
Here you can customize a unique lesson to illustrate homonyms
vs homophones vs homographs.
Spellchecker has no way of spotting homophones
The game includes 37 synonyms cards, 37 antonyms cards, 37
homophones cards, and 37 parts of speech cards.
As you said, I also think
homophone screwups and the like are less impactful than things like nonsensical character actions.
If you accidentally use the
wrong homophone in your resume, the reader may think you either have little knowledge of elementary grammar, or failed to edit your resume.
All homonyms, and
particularly homophones, are fascinating because they reveal linguistic differences between the various English - speaking countries.
«I love puns and baking so the pi /
pie homophone just fits naturally into the rest of our nerdiness,» says Harris, a software tester.
Lesson includes: -
homophone literacy task - review activity for «Black Panther» - structure of a film review - sentence starters / structure to help students write their review
I include another word document which could be used alongside the Power Point, or separate from it, which includes a revision mix
featuring homophones.
Passages are given containing
multiple homophones and pupils are asked to put their own creative writing skills to the test.
There is a pdf file and a word document so that you can edit if you wish to put in your own
subject homophones.
The resource aims to cover the a more wider range of
homophones rather than just the usual ones: they're, there, two, too.
Printable «mats» containing the four VCOP pyramids (with all the levels for KS2 and with just the first three levels for KS1) and a selection of writing tips for children to follow (e.g. how to use speech marks properly, explanations of the
different homophones etc.).
A worksheet
tackling homophones suitable for Year 5's although it can be used at any age group depending the potential of the child.
Business emails - 20 page e-book The Verb «To Be» simple present Future tense diagrams and activities
Homophones Synonym and Antonym worksheets and activities Present and past tense irregular verb game Things in Common Icebreaker Giving good verbal instructions Small Talk Presentation - Interactive lesson
The following topics are also covered in the resource: Proofreading Capital letters How to write a great intro Apostrophes Colons Writing devices DAFOREST Sentence starters Spellings
Homophones Final exam tips
There are five types of question in this version of the game; 1) Correct the tense error, 2) Replace the
incorrect homophone, 3) Correct the punctuation, 4) Insert the parenthesis, 5) Insert the correct conjunction This is a fully editable game PPT which will drive your students wild, so once you've been through all the questions, just replace the questions with 40 more of your own and you can use this game again and again.
Homonyms and
homophones often confuse students with disabilities and all too often are confused by adults.