Spelling a selection of homophones
I can spell words that sound the same (homophones).
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What you'll learn
- Two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings are called homophones.
- We can use the context of a sentence to figure out the spelling of the homophone.
- There are no spelling rules for homophones so we must learn them by sight.
- We can look for naughty letters to help us to remember tricky spellings.
- How to spell the curriculum words: century, breath and breathe.
Keywords
See all the words in the word bank
- homophones
- words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
- spelling
- the act of forming words by arranging letters in the correct order
Try the first question
Identify the correct definition of a homophone.
- words that sound the same and are spelt the same
- words that sound different but have the same meaning
- words that sound the same but have different spellings
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