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Y6 homophones and near-homophones

Spell and distinguish homophones: aisle/isle, aloud/allowed, affect/effect, altar/alter, ascent/assent, bridal/bridle, cereal/serial, stationary/stationery, principal/principle

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Like 'pair' (two things) and 'pear' (a fruit you eat)!

  2. 2

    Which word means two things that go together?

  3. 3

    Drag the correct word into the sentence: 'I ate a juicy ___ for lunch.'

  4. 4

    Let's do one together: 'There' vs 'their' vs 'they're'.

  5. 5

    Which word fits: '___ going to the cinema tonight.'

  6. 6

    Complete the sentence with the right homophone: 'The wind blew the leaves over ___.'

  7. 7

    Which word means 'belonging to them'?

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