What are homophones?
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. They also have different spellings.
These are some homophones that often confuse people.
| Homophones | Examples |
|---|---|
| Here / hear | 'Put it down here.' or "Speak louder, I can't hear you.' |
| See / sea | 'It's so dark, I can't see anything.' or "Let's go swim in the sea!' |
| Be / bee | 'Will you be my friend?' or 'The bumble bee was on the flower.' |
Watch: Homophones
Fudge, Pudge and Grudge find out about some different homophones.
Learn about homophones in this clip.
Watch: Spotting homophones in a story
Homophones have different spellings, so we need to learn how to spell them carefully.
Watch this video to look at spellings a bit more closely and practise spotting homophones in a story.
Practise spotting homophones in a story.
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Read the words in the two lists below. Spot the homophone pairs and match them up!
You can write down your answers or talk them through with someone.
The first one has been done for you.
here
red
bear
wood
tail
see
be
right
where
blew
bare
sea
bee
write
hear
read
wear
tale
blue
would
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