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Grade 4 English: Homophones poster

A one-page CAPS Grade 4 English poster on homophones (Phonics and spelling), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.

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Homophones

1What are homophones?

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

Example

sea (salt water), see (use your eyes)

2Pairs to know (1)

  • hear (use your ears), here (this place)
  • write (use a pen), right (correct)
  • tail (on an animal), tale (a story)
  • flour (for baking), flower (grows in a garden)
  • sun (in the sky), son (a boy child)
  • pair (two things), pear (a fruit)

3Pairs to know (2)

  • ate (did eat), eight (the number 8)
  • blue (a colour), blew (did blow)
  • meet (come together), meat (food from animals)
  • new (not old), knew (did know)
  • whole (all of it), hole (a gap)
  • wood (from trees), would (as in I would like)
  • buy (pay for), by (next to), bye (goodbye)

4There, their and they’re

  • there: a place
  • their: belonging to them
  • they’re: they are
Example

Put it there.
They’re at their house.

5To, too and two

  • to: towards
  • too: also, or more than enough
  • two: the number 2
Example

We walked to the park.
It was too hot.

6How to choose

Say the sentence in your head. Ask what the word means here. Then choose the spelling that matches the meaning.

Example

You hear with your ears.
So write: I can hear music.

Key words

homophone
sounds the same, spelt differently
there
a place
their
belonging to them
they're
they are
too
also, or more than enough
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