C/35-36

• English
• Special Education

Reported Question

Report the following sentences to your wife/husband as it was the next weekend.

Homonyms

Are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but have a different meaning.

Homophones

Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and spellings.

They cause a lot of misinterpretations, not all of them are bad...

Homophones (examples)

Ad= commercial, add= something+something
Aye= yes, Eye= organ, I= ones’ self
Ate= eat (past form), Eight= 8
Scene= situation/place, Seen= see (past participle)
Sauce= a dressing for food, Source= where something begins
Flour=cooking ingredient, Flower= a plant
Cell= an elementary structure, Sell= to give something in exchange for money
In= preposition, Inn= like a small hotel
War= a lot of battles, Wore= wear (past form)
Pi= 3.14, Pie= a dessert
Dear= someone important, Deer= animal
Read= read (past form), Red= color

Homophones (examples)

accept/except: Accept is a verb that means to take or receive. Except is used as a preposition or conjunction to mean but or exclude.

affect/effect: Affect is a verb (in most cases) and indicates influence. Effect is a noun (in most cases) and is the result of an action or change.

then/than: Then is a word used as an adverb, noun or adjective to show the order of how things happened. Than is a subordinating conjunction you can use to make comparisons.

you're/your: You're is a contraction for you are. Your is a pronoun expressing owning.

Try to explain the difference!

Try to explain the difference!

Try to explain the difference!

Try to explain the difference!

Choose the correct answer!

When teaching my daughter how to drive, I told her

if she didn't hit the _________ in time she would

_________  the car's side mirror.

HOMONYMS, HOMOPHONES

If you _________ drugs, you will get arrested and end

up in a prison _________ .

break

brake

sell

cell

To bake a _________ -shaped cake, you'll need some

_________ .

HOMONYMS, HOMOPHONES

I purchased _________ new pairs of shoes _________

my upcoming vacation.

four

flower

for

flour

We have one _________ before _________ appointment

with the real estate agent.

HOMONYMS, HOMOPHONES

The _________ is on his way to the castle, but traveling

at _________ is very dangerous.

knight

hour

our

night

Let's practise homophones! Tell us example sentences for the given words in pairs.

The Contra Game

Fractions:

Living in the city vs. Living on the countryside

Ten minutes to prepare

Goodbye!