'ee' sounds
All of the following letter formations make the sound 'ee' in a word.
Write at least one word in the box that contains the letter formation with the sound 'ee' when spoken aloud.
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All of the following letter formations make the sound 'ee' in a word.
Write at least one word in the box that contains the letter formation with the sound 'ee' when spoken aloud.
Can you find six ways that the letter formation 'ough' appears in a word? Try and write the different sound it makes in each word.
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Suggestions
Homophones are words that sound the same (have the same pronunciation) but a different spelling and can easily be misspelt under pressure in examinations.
Let’s look at the ones that seem to cause the most problems.
Drag and drop the correct homophones into place in the following sentences.
They’re going over there to view what they hope will be their new house.
Two of them walked over to see if they could help – but the pain was too much to take and I fainted in front of them.
I had to carefully pare down the pear left for me so that it would fit next to the pair of sandwiches in my lunchbox.
Spelling does not stop a student scoring high marks in an examination but it pays to avoid errors if you can.
Read the following piece of high quality creative writing.
Highlight any word that you think has been misspelt or is a homophone used inappropriately.
The artic wind was blowing so cold that my hands could hardly move enough to undoe the buttons on my thermal coat. It was an exeptional day in more ways than one. Not only had the tempreture dipped below zero for the first time since October, I had been given the soul responsability to look after the family house for a number of days while my parents traveled away on buisness. In principal, it shouldn’t have been to difficult – but I was never going to fulfill my parents’ hopes that I had maturred. We lived in a particularly sceenic spot, not far from the famous vallies, were the sun filled the house with briliant beams of light for most off the day. I don’t know why it ocured to them that I could be trusted – just a fatal wish that I would turn out to be the child-prodegy they had always wanted - I guess!
The tin was definately not labled ‘Trustworthy’ when I was born. The frist phone call came at eieght o’ clock and the first arrivals where through the door at nine. All I can rememeber about that less than memrable night was that my parents would not be ecstatic about the damage inflicted on their pride-and-joy that had been the living-room. It had been carpetted with a creamy fur affect but was presently looking (and smelling) like a dog that had been accidently locked out in a devestating downpour.
The artic wind was blowing so cold that my hands could hardly move enough to undoe the buttons on my thermal coat. It was an exeptional day in more ways than one. Not only had the tempreture dipped below zero for the first time since October, I had been given the soul responsability to look after the family house for a number of days while my parents traveled away on buisness. In principal, it shouldn’t have been to difficult – but I was never going to fulfill my parents’ hopes that I had maturred. We lived in a particularly sceenic spot, not far from the famous vallies, were the sun filled the house with briliant beams of light for most off the day. I don’t know why it ocured to them that I could be trusted – just a fatal wish that I would turn out to be the child-prodegy they had always wanted - I guess!
The tin was definately not labled ‘Trustworthy’ when I was born. The frist phone call came at eieght o’ clock and the first arrivals where through the door at nine. All I can rememeber about that less than memrable night was that my parents would not be ecstatic about the damage inflicted on their pride-and-joy that had been the living-room. It had been carpetted with a creamy fur affect but was presently looking (and smelling) like a dog that had been accidently locked out in a devestating downpour.
Now try to correct each of the errors.
The artic wind was blowing so cold that my hands could hardly move enough to undoe the buttons on my thermal coat. It was an exeptional day in more ways than one. Not only had the tempreture dipped below zero for the first time since October, I had been given the soul responsability to look after the family house for a number of days while my parents traveled away on buisness. In principal, it shouldn’t have been to difficult – but I was never going to fulfill my parents’ hopes that I had maturred. We lived in a particularly sceenic spot, not far from the famous vallies, were the sun filled the house with briliant beams of light for most off the day. I don’t know why it ocured to them that I could be trusted – just a fatal wish that I would turn out to be the child-prodegy they had always wanted - I guess!
The tin was definately not labled ‘Trustworthy’ when I was born. The frist phone call came at eieght o’ clock and the first arrivals where through the door at nine. All I can rememeber about that less than memrable night was that my parents would not be ecstatic about the damage inflicted on their pride-and-joy that had been the living-room. It had been carpetted with a creamy fur affect but was presently looking (and smelling) like a dog that had been accidently locked out in a devestating downpour.
The arctic wind was blowing so cold that my hands could hardly move enough to undo the buttons on my thermal coat. It was an exceptional day in more ways than one. Not only had the temperature dipped below zero for the first time since October, I had been given the sole responsibility to look after the family house for a number of days while my parents travelled away on business. In principle, it shouldn’t have been too difficult – but I was never going to fulfil my parents’ hopes that I had matured. We lived in a particularly scenic spot, not far from the famous valleys, where the sun filled the house with brilliant beams of light for most of the day. I don’t know why it had ever occurred to them that I could be trusted – just a fatal wish that I would turn out to be the child-prodigy they had always wanted - I guess!
The tin was definitely not labelled ‘Trustworthy’ when I was born. The first phone call came at eight o’ clock and the first arrivals were through the door at nine. All I can remember about that less than memorable night was that my parents would not be ecstatic about the damage inflicted on their pride-and-joy that had been the living-room. It had been carpeted with a creamy fur effect but was presently looking (and smelling) like a dog that had been accidentally locked out in a devastating downpour.