Two words, one sound, completely different meanings
Lesson 6 of 17 Year 2
Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildCover the word. Read the sentence. What does it mean?
1 · Tick the right spelling
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
I can hear the birds singing.
I have two cats at home.
I can see the sea from my window.
4 · Help Polpetta
It is wrong because the meaning picks the spelling, not the sound. You look at the bread with your eyes, so it is see, and you listen to it baking with your ears, so it is hear: Come and see the bread. You can hear it baking.
2 · Find the 3 mistakes
1
to kinds
two kinds
2
here the coffee
hear the coffee
3
sea the cakes
see the cakes
We are here every day is the decoy and is right (a place). Come to our café is also a correct to.
Mediumthere has HERE in it, a place. their has HEIR in it, people. they're is they + are.
1 · Tick the right spelling
a Bb Bc Ad AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
Tick: there · The bus stop is over there.
Tick: their · The players put on their boots.
Tick: They're · They're coming to tea on Sunday.
4 · Help Polpetta
Nothing belongs to anybody, so Their is wrong; it should be There is. And over they're means over they are, which makes no sense, so that one is a place too: There is fresh bread over there. There has HERE in it, a place.
2 · Find the 4 mistakes
1
Their is
There is
2
they're hands
their hands
3
here the coffee
hear the coffee
4
sea for yourself
see for yourself
over there is the decoy and is right (a place). they're hands fails the they are swap: they wash they are hands makes no sense, and the hands belong to the chefs, so their.
SpicyTry they are in the gap. Then try you are. Only one of them will fit.
1 · Tick the right spelling
a Ab Ac Bd BA = left option, B = right option
3 · Now you write
Model answers
The chefs left their coats over there.
They're waiting for your order.
Is that your apron? You're would be wrong because you are apron makes no sense; the apron belongs to you, so it is your.
4 · Help Polpetta
Swapping them round only fixed the first one. There is fresh bread is right now, but over their is still wrong because nothing belongs to anybody; it is a place, so it needs there: There is fresh bread over there. Their would be right when something belongs to people: The chefs washed their hands.
2 · Find the 6 mistakes
1
Their is
There is
2
they're hands
their hands
3
your hungry
you're hungry
4
they're is soup
there is soup
5
there aprons
their aprons
6
here the coffee
hear the coffee
you're welcome, your coat, see for yourself and they're waiting are all right. your hungry is the one that needs you're (you are hungry fits).