What Do You Know About Homophones?

What Do You Know About Homophones?

Poll

Would you like to do a lesson through Quizizz again?

• YESSS!

• No, not really.

Homophones

• Are words that sound the same

• They have DIFFERENT spellings and meanings

Examples

• You’re/Your

• there/they’re/their 

• to/two/too

• its/it's

• days/daze

• peek/peak

• sent/scent/cent

How to tell the difference!

Remember some words with apostrophes are contractions meaning two words!

You're = You are You're being too loud!

It's = It is It's my birthday!

They're = They are They're my best friends.

So when you use them in a sentence BREAK IT UP in your head when you read it. if it makes sense then it is CORRECT!

How to tell the difference! Continued...

Some words show ownership, these are our POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Your Your house is on fire.

Their I love their music!

Its The chicken lost its egg.

Some words show positions/locations

To I went to the mall.

There I don't want to go over there!

Poll

Where are you at so far in the lesson?

• This is easy, I'm GOOD

• I'm OKAY, it's not too hard

• I'm a bit confused, but KINDA get it

• I'm totally LOST, and have no idea what you are talking about!

Multiple Choice

Which homophones are the correct homophones for the following sentence?

“You’re/Your not allowed/aloud to go there/they’re/their yet.”

• Your, aloud, their

• You're, allowed, there

• You're, allowed, their

Multiple Choice

Which homophone is the correct homophone for the following sentence?

The line stopped quickly and some the students stepped on each other's heels/heals.

• heel

• heals

Multiple Choice

Which homophone is the correct homophone for the following sentence?

There/They’re/Their are to/too/two many people in this room!

• There, two

• They're, too

• Their, to

Multiple Choice

Which homophones are the correct homophones for the following sentence?

(6) The peek/peak of the song was when the flutes came in with there/they’re/their high pitch sounds.

• peek, they're

• peak, there

• peak, their