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LESSON PACK, Language Arts Lesson Pack » Confusing Words, , Practicing Homophones, Identify and define homophones; use homophones in, sentences, Learning Notes, , This Spelling & Phonics lesson pack contains six exercises on using homophones in, context. An explanation of the skill is included and each worksheet can be used over, a period of consecutive days as warm-up, practice or review., , Teaching Tip, , Create pairs of index cards with homophone pairs written on them. Divide students, into groups of two and give each pair a set of homophone cards. Have students, look up the definition of each word and write it on the back of the card. Then have, each pair come up with a sentence for each homophone to share with the class. See, if the class can guess which homophone is used in each sentence. (Visual,, Interpersonal), , Modifications, and/or Extensions, , Recommended Exercises, Introductory:, Follow-up:, , To modify this exercise, have students draw pictures on the index card to illustrate, each homophone and aide in memorization., , Exercises on Identifying Misspelled Words, Exercises on Multiple Meaning Words, , Lesson Packs are selections from popular EPS series, grouped together by skill. They include teaching tips,, alignment with standards and extensions for use in the classroom. They are just one component of Lesson, Logic, an online service of EPS. Visit www.lessonlogic.com for more information., www.LessonLogic.com, , Lesson Pack ID: 01-00000-022, , © 2001-02 by Educators Publishing Service. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only.

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The Lessons included in this pack are as follows:, Find the Correct Homophone, Read definition of homophone; match words to make homophones, , From the EPS book Clues to Meaning E, , Homonyms: There, Their, They're, Complete sentences w/ there, their, they’re depending on context, , How to Spell 2, , Homonyms: Two, Too, To, Fill in blanks with too, two, to depending on sentence meaning, , How to Spell 2, , Varied Homonyms, Use list of homonyms to write sentences teacher dictates, , How to Spell 3, , Write Homophones Correctly, Complete sentence with correct homophone; write sentences, , The Kim Marshall Series: English B, , Practice Homophones, Choose the correct homophone for each sentence, , The Kim Marshall Series: English B, , To learn more about these books, please visit, , www.epsbooks.com/html/catsearch.asp, and type in the name of the book in the search box, , www.LessonLogic.com, , Lesson Pack ID: 01-00000-022, , © 2001-02 by Educators Publishing Service. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only.

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Name _________________________________________, , Date _____________________________, , ● Words that sound the same but are spelled differently are called homonyms., Examples:, , to — too, cent — sent, hear — here, , ● For each word in Column A there is a homonym in Column B. Write the number of its, homonym next to each word in Column A., , A, , B, , wait, , 1. sighed, , ceiling, , 2. whether, , piece, , 3. weight, , side, , 4. choose, , threw, , 5. sealing, , vain, , 6. eight, , weather, , 7. peace, , no, , 8. heard, , chews, , 9. break, , brake, , 10. pear, , ate, , 11. through, , herd, , 12. know, , hire, , 13. vein, , pair, , 14. higher, , bare, , 15. bear, , www.LessonLogic.com, irregular vowel combinations, Lesson Id: 01-02275-100-0, © 1999 by Ann L. Staman. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only.

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Name __________________________________________________, , Date________________________, , Homonyms—There, Their, They’re, there:, , a place (It is over there.), used with are—there are (There are two bikes.), their:, possessive form of they (Their books are red.), they’re: means they are (They’re going home.), , Fill in the blanks with the right word (their, there, or they’re)., , 1., , two chums were running fast., , 2., , looking for the lost dog., , 3., , are two houses for sale., , 4., , planning to go sailing., , 5. What did you see over, 6. They wanted to visit, 7., , 10., , aunt., , late every day., , 8. Is your book at, 9., , ?, , house?, , were five coats in the closet., going to, , friend’s house., , Customized message: Name of member, etc, Subscription expiration date: 00/00/00, © 1994 by Laura Toby Rudginsky and Elizabeth C. Haskell. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only., www.LessonLogic.com, homonyms—there, their, they’re, Lesson ID: 01-01850-065-0

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Name __________________________________________________, , Date________________________, , Homonyms—Two, To, Too, Review the definition of a homonym., , A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word or, words but has a different meaning and is spelled differently., two: a number (I have two cats.), to:, (She ran to school.), too: also (I am going too.), more than is needed (I ate too much.), Fill in the blanks with the right word (two, to, or too)., , 1. I like, , skate., , 2. We were, 3. I want, , scared, play a game., , 4. Do you want, 5. I have, , ?, , play, pets., , 6. He walks, 7. It is, , dive., , school., hot, , run., , Customized message: Name of member, etc, Subscription expiration date: 00/00/00, © 1994 by Laura Toby Rudginsky and Elizabeth C. Haskell. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only., www.LessonLogic.com, homonyms—two, to, too, Lesson ID: 01-01850-064-0

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Name __________________________________________________, , Date________________________, , Homonyms, Read, copy, and learn., A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word or words, but has a different meaning and is spelled differently., , Read this list of homonyms. Then your teacher will tell you which homonyms to, write in original sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure your, sentences tell the meaning of the homonym. Look up in a dictionary the meaning of any word you do not know., air—heir, , ate—eight, , balI—bawl, , be—bee, , bear—bare, , blew—blue, , break—brake, , bury—berry, , by—buy, , capital—capitol, , ceiling—sealing, , cereal—serial, , coarse—course, , dear—deer, , desert—dessert, , die—dye, , due—dew—do, , fair—fare, , feet—feat, , flew—flue—flu, , flower—flour, , foul—fowl, , four—for, , fur—fir, , groan—grown, , guessed—guest, , hair—hare, , hall—haul, , heal—heel, , heard—herd, , here—hear, , hoarse—horse, , hour—our, , I—eye, , kernel—colonel, , knew—new, , knot—not, , know—no, , lesson—lessen, , lone—loan, , made—maid, , mail—male, , main—mane—Maine, , meet—meat, , minor—miner, , night—knight, , nose—knows, , one—won, , Customized message: Name of member, etc, Subscription expiration date: 00/00/00, © 1998 by Laura Toby Rudginsky and Elizabeth C. Haskell. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only., www.LessonLogic.com, homonyms, Lesson ID: 01-01852-059-0

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Name __________________________________________________, , Date________________________, , pain—pane, , pale—pail, , passed—past, , pause—paws, , peak—peek, , pear—pair—pare, , piece—peace, , plain—plane, , pole—poll, , presence—presents, , principal—principle, , rain—reign—rein, , red—read, , right—write, , ring—wring, , road—rode—rowed, , roll—role, , route—root, , sale—sail, , seen—scene, , sees—seas—seize, , sense—cents, , sent—cent—scent, , shown—shone, , so—sew—sow, , some—sum, , stair—stare, , stationary—stationery, , steak—stake, , steel—steal, , son—sun, , straight—strait, , tale—tail, , taught—taut, , threw—through, , thrown—throne, , toe—tow, , vane—vain—vein, , wait—weight, , waste—waist, , way—weigh, , wear—ware, , week—weak, , whole—hole, , wrote—rote, , Customized message: Name of member, etc, Subscription expiration date: 00/00/00, © 1998 by Laura Toby Rudginsky and Elizabeth C. Haskell. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only., www.LessonLogic.com, homonyms, Lesson ID: 01-01852-059-0

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Name ________________________________________________, , Date____________________________, , Common Homonyms, Use each word below in a short sentence., 1. to _________________________________________________________________________________, 2. two ________________________________________________________________________________, 3. too ________________________________________________________________________________, 4. there _______________________________________________________________________________, 5. their _______________________________________________________________________________, 6. they’re ______________________________________________________________________________, 7. threw ______________________________________________________________________________, 8. through _____________________________________________________________________________, 9. wear _______________________________________________________________________________, 10. where ______________________________________________________________________________, 11. right ________________________________________________________________________________, 12. write _______________________________________________________________________________, 13. no _______________________________________________________________________________, 14. know _______________________________________________________________________________, 15. fair _________________________________________________________________________________, 16. fare ________________________________________________________________________________, Fill in the blanks with the right words., Remember these homonyms:, cents She only had fifty cents left., sense Don’t you have any sense?, 1. The boy found seventy-five _______________________ on the ground., 2. She told him to use his common _______________________ in making the decision., 3. If you had any ___________________ you would know it costs more than ten ___________________, to get a cone., Fill in the blanks with the right words., Remember these homonyms:, hole, They dug a hole in the ground., whole I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!, 1. Look out! There is a ________________________ in the road up ahead., 2. They painted that ________________________ room in just five hours., 3. The dentist filled up the ________________________, www.LessonLogic.com, , ________________________ with silver., , Common Homonyms, Lesson ID: 01-01721-045-0, © 1995 by Kim Marshall. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only.

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Name _________________________________________________, , Date ___________________________, , Review Test, Circle the correct homonyms in the sentences below., 1 We had lunch over at (there / their / they’re) house., 2. Her little sister was just (to / two / too) slow on a bike., 3. The new jet streaked (threw / through) the clouds., 4. “You don’t have the (right / write) to say that!” shouted the man., 5. I (no / know) what you want, and the answer is (no / know)., Circle the correct homonyms in the following sentences., 1. (There / Their / They’re) grandmother lived over (there / their / they’re)., 2. It is much (to / two / too) early to know whether she won (to / two / too) prizes., 3. (There / Their / They’re) not very interested in dating., 4. The (to / two / too) of them had (to / two / too) much to eat and went (to / two / too) bed., 5. It’s not sensible (to / two / too) drink (to / two / too) much., 6. (There / Their / They’re) not thinking about (there / their / they’re) future plans., , www.LessonLogic.com, , Review Test, Lesson ID: 01-01721-915-0, © 1995 by Kim Marshall. Licensed for duplication and use by subscriber during subscription period only.