ELT SessionBy

Dr. Nicholas Correa Director, New Horizon Scholars

School

Read the words below and match them to the pictures. Give your observation about these words

knight flower hair bare

hare bear night flour

Homophones Homophones are words that have same/similar sound but are spelt differently and have different meanings. e.g. one and won

An Ode to the Spelling Chequer

by Janet E. Byford

Prays the Lord for the spelling chequerThat came with our pea sea!Mecca mistake and it puts you riteIts so easy to ewes, you sea.I never used to no, was it e before eye?(Four sometimes its eye before e.)But now I’ve discovered the quay to successIt’s as simple as won, too, free!Sew watt if you lose a letter or two,

Read the poem carefully and rectify spelling wherever essential.

ExerciseThe words in bracket sound the same. They are called homophones. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences

(a) The boy applied oil on his (hare/hair). (b) Mary put some (flower/flour) in the cake mix.

(c) Harish didn't have a very good sleep last (nights/knights).

(d) A rabbit looks like a (hare/hair).

(e) (Bare/Bear) is a carnivorous animal.

Write the homophones of the following words. Example: sun / son.

planwriteSeeWhichWhereKnewNoSo

plane PlainRight Rite, Wrightsee seathere theirWhich Witchwhere Werebee BeHere HearKnew NewNo Knowso saw

Answer

ExerciseChoose the correct homophones and complete the sentences.

(a) We (meet/meat) our friends while enjoying the party .

(b) As Raj was late he (missed/mist) the train.

(c) Our grandma narrated a very interesting (tale/tail).

(d) Mohan is 70kg he has excess (wait/weight) .

(e) The cat hurt its (pour/poor/paw).

(f) He likes to (pour/poor/paw) in the drum.

(g) The people in the villages are (pour/poor/paw)

(h) Rakhesh posted the (mail/male) yesterday.

(a) or and oar (b) sail and sale (c) sour and sore

(d) maid and made (e) main and mane

The teacher reads the words, writes on the board and asks the children to explain the differences between these words.

allowed ball base beach boy

check days die due faint

fur great in key lane

leek war waste might week

packed pale place rain read

profit seen road sight

Find homophones for some of these words.

ad/add in/inn sail/salealoud/allowed its/it’s sea/seealter/altar knew/new seam/seemate/eight knight/night sew/so/sowbeat/beet knot/not some/sumblue/blew know/no son/sunbreak/brake lead/led stair/starebuy/by/bye made/maid

tale/tailcell/sell meat/meet tea/teecent/scent/sent one/won there/they’re/theirdeer/dear or/ore/oar to, too, twoflour/flower pale/pail toe/towflu/flew pare/pair wail/whalefor/four plane/plain waist/wastegreat/grate prince/prints wait/weightgroan/grow

n rain/reign/rein weak/weekhair/hare read/red weather/whetherhall/haul read/reed we’ll/wheelhear/here right/write, which/witchheard/herd rode/rowed/road who’s/whosehour/our rose/rows your/you’re

Homophones

SPOT THE HOMOPHONES!See if you can find all the homophones that have been used incorrectly. Underline the words that you need to change

Last knight when I looked up the sky was darkblew. I new I wood sea stars but eye wassurprised buy there brightness. Who had maidthem seam sew beautiful? I was shore they hadbean maid millions of years ago, and I was court upin there beauty. I wanted to stair at them fourever, butt my piece was disturbed. Nun of thiswould bee forgotten but I knew it was to grate tolast.

HOMOPHONESWrite the following passage with the correct homophones. Make sure that ALL spellings are correct, using a dictionary if necessary.

Won knight I sore a pear of men buy the see. Eye thought there feetwere stuck butt sum people came and court hold of them and pulled themout. Watt were they doing? They had to no that the tied was coming in!The men had taken a long thyme to get hear. Now they had to go all theweigh back again. The won with lots of read hare looked odd. He washolding too parcels tide up with string that had nots in. I thought eyenew him. Was I write?If you have time when you have finished this, try writing your ownpassage with homophones used incorrectly. Have fun!