Homophones, homographs & confusables

Excellent practice in recognising homophones.

Homographs has a clear handout about ‘bat’ and a practice sheet on ‘bow’ and ‘scales’.

Three beautifully clear handouts on three sets of common homophones along with a practice sheet on there – their – they’re.

A set of fabulous cards that can be used for a host of games and activities (teaching suggestions are included).

Fabulous set of 18 interactive homophone ‘drop-down’ spelling worksheets. Each worksheet explains when to use each homophone – with examples, space to type your own sentences, cloze sentences and an answer/reference sheet. Each worksheet includes 10, 15 or 20 cloze sentences.
All common homophones, and several less-well-known pairs, are covered. See separate file list below.

Neatly combines literacy and ICT: step by step task sheet describing how to create a PPT presentation about their / there / they’re.

Fabulous PPT covering 30 sets of homophones. Well known examples such as ‘their, they’re, there’ along with more unusual examples that are bound to promote interest and class discussion. Accompanied by gap fills, puzzles and spaces to practise writing your own sentences.

Useful handout with definitions and examples of homonyms, homophones and homographs. Great for promoting discussion and also for teacher reference.

Margaret Adams wrote this story to help a dyslexic student distinguish between ‘want’ and ‘what’. Numbered ‘cartoon’ blanks for student to illustrate, plus introduction, story and background notes.

A great handout to help with spelling and working out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Covers sow, bow, invalid, row and minute.