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Y5 homophones and near-homophones

Spell and distinguish homophones: advice/advise, device/devise, licence/license, practice/practise, prophecy/prophesy, complement/compliment

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Homophones are words that SOUND the same but have DIFFERENT meanings and spellings.

  2. 2

    Which pair are homophones?

  3. 3

    Let's look at 'there' and 'their' together.

  4. 4

    Tap the correct word to finish: 'The children put ______ bags on the floor.'

  5. 5

    Which word means 'belongs to them'?

  6. 6

    Now look at 'to', 'too' and 'two'.

  7. 7

    Which word fits: 'I ate ______ many biscuits!'

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