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In this activity, we're going to to be looking at common homophones and how to spell them.
Homophones are words that sound the same but mean different things and are spelt differently.
For example: bear and bare.
Read those two words out loud - did you notice that they sound exactly the same?
They have completely different meanings though - let's look at each of them in a sentence:
The bear was prowling through the forest.
On hot days I like to take off my socks and have bare feet.
In this activity, we are going to practise spelling two pairs of homophones:
morning and mourning
draft and draught
Let's look at these in a sentence so we can understand their different meanings:
I eat breakfast in the morning.
The morning is the part of a day before midday.
The girl was in mourning when her hamster died.
Mourning is an expression of sadness after someone dies.
The author finished the first draft of her novel.
A draft is an early, uncompleted version of something, often a piece of writing.
There is a draught in this room - I feel cold!
A draught is a current of cold air in a room - it is usually unwelcome!
Let's practise spelling these words!
