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Usage Errors
Look at the most commonly confused words in the English language! This resource briefly explains the difference between there, they're, and their as well as too, to, and two, and finally it's and its. First, read the section entitled...
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There, Their, and They're
Clear up the confusion between the homophones, there, their, and they're. A definition of each word is provided along with an example sentence. Learners fill in the blank in a series of sentences with the correct there, they're, or...
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Maggie's Adventures Grades 1-2
Learners use Maggie's Learning Adventures online activity. They play a matching or memory game to become aware of homophones. Students recognize that there two ways to use many words. They practice with noun or verb identification by...
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Goldie Girl and There, Their, and They're: Homophones and Homographs
Instruct your class on homonyms and homophones. Learners take a pre-test and examine a list of homophones. They also play online word games to practice spelling and usage and write a fairy tale in which they use at least 10 homophones....
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #6
Intermediate level ESL classes could benefit from this activity that requires reading a passage and correcting the identified errors. The mistakes include verb tense, spelling, and syntax. This might also prove useful for middle schoolers.
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English is So Tricky
In this homophone worksheet students read examples of either homophones, or words spelled the same with different meanings. Students answer 8 questions on this challenging worksheet.
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Commonly Confused/Misused Words
Demystify tricky words and homophones with this activity on commonly confused words. Learners read each sentence and identify the misused word, choosing the correct word from a short list underneath each question. All of the words...
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How Bear Lost His Tale: Storytelling
In this storytelling lesson plan, children practice re-telling the story of "How Bear Lost His Tale", review and write out the story sequence, and learn about homophones like tail/tale, sail/sale, etc. Extension activities for various...
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Homophones
Use this resource to provide learners with a quick review of common homophones. Learners read words, such as sail and sale, and identify the correct usage. It is a fun way to discuss this topic.
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Homophones!
Explore homophones. Second graders can use this presentation to review common homophones, such as son and sun, and wail and whale. This resource could be augmented with a greater variety of examples to make this a richer experience.
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Homophones
Explore homophones with this presentation. Learners discuss the definition of a homophone, read examples, and come up with their own homophones. This is a topic that your class will love exploring. It is a great way to motivate them to...
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Homophones
Use this presentation to practice homophones in your classroom. Learners identify and discuss the meanings of words such as pair and pear, weak and week, cell and sell. This is a quick and easy way to review this concept.
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Homophones
Help your class understand homophones using this presentation. Learners discuss the difference between common homophones, such as son and sun, road and rode, and sea and see. This would be a great way to kick off a lesson on homophones.
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No Headache Homophones
This PowerPoint presents the definition of "homophones" and includes photographs of several homophone pairs. Students are given an illustration and sentence, then choose the correct spelling of the homophone to complete the sentence.
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Dolch Homophones
For this effective language arts lesson, students study homophones and practice using the correct words as they fill in the blanks to sentences. Sentence ideas are provided in the lesson, as is a very nice 35-page booklet of language...
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Homophones - Quiz 11
In this inactive homophone quiz worksheet, students choose the best homophone to fit in each of 12 sentences. They pick from the two or three choices, and check their answers using the drop down menu.
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Homonyms
In this homonyms practice worksheet, 5th graders complete 10 fill-in-the-blank questions by choosing the correct homonym to complete the sentence. Two homonym choices are given for students to choose from.
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Sorting Out Homophones in Roald Dahl's
Students explore the concept of homophones. In this homophone lesson, students use a selection from the book Matilda to review homophones. Students use a web to identify homophones.
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Homonyms- Quiz 22 (Online Interactive)
In this homonyms worksheet, learners complete a 20 question online interactive multiple choice quiz about the proper use of homonyms in sentences.
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Home Spelling Practice Unit 12
In this recognizing correct spelling and usage of words worksheet, 4th graders read and copy the list of words in cursive and identify the homophones and words with two syllables. Students write 20 words.
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Homophones
In this homophones worksheet, students read sentences and underline the incorrect word in the sentence while they provide the sentence with the correct homophone. Students complete 15 sentences.
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A-MOO-sing Fun with Hilda Mae Heifer!
Students practice identifying literary devices by reading books by author Margie Palatini. In this literary devices lesson plan, students create a class list of onomatopoeic words found in the text then work to generate more examples on...
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Word Choice - Exercise 1: Their, There, and They're
They're going to their house over there. Ah, those pesky homophones! Use this set of 20 fill-in-the-blank questions to assess your classes' skills with the three words there, their, and they're. Practice makes perfect!
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Homophones
In this similar sounding words learning exercise, students read 12 sentences and fill in the blank in each sentence with the multiple choice homophone that completes each sentence correctly.