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Literacy RMW

By Shivaansh Sharma

Homophones

What are homophones?

Homophones are words that sound the same but their spellings and meanings are different. For example: Knight and Night, they sound the same but their spellings and meanings are different.

More examples

• Break-Brake

• Cent-Scent

• Flour-Flower

• See-Sea

• Right-Write

• Weather-Whether

• Tail-Tale

Multiple Choice

What is NOT an example of a homograph?

• does, does

• wind, wind

• live, live

• or, oar

Multiple Choice

Select the correct homophone.
(Theirs/There's) not going to be school on President's day! 

• Theirs
• There's

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Homophones occur in English because there are multiple ways to spell the same sound.

• True

• False