Transcript File - language of success

COMMONLY CONFUSED
WORDS
HOMONYMS
HEAR/ HERE
HOMONYM DENOTATIONS:
HOMONYM- two words that sound the same but have
different spelling and meanings
What are some other common homonyms?
*Hear (verb) – to perceive by the ear.
Ex. I hear music playing in the background.
• Here (adverb) – in this place; in this spot or location
Ex. You are there and I am here.
HOMOPHONE PRACTICE:
1. Did you (hear, here) the news about the devastating
hurricane (hear, here) in South Florida?
2. I can (hear, here) the crashing waves of the sea (hear,
here) in my hotel room.
3. I want you to come and (hear, here) me so please come
(hear, here) as soon as you finish school.
4. Since I am (hear, here) may I please (hear, here) the
amazing story you had this summer?
5. (Hear, Here) you are; I have been looking everywhere
for you (hear, here) at the mall!
ANSWER KEY
1. Hear/here
2. Hear/here
3. Hear/here
4. Here/hear
5. Here/here
CONTEXT CLUES
1. Out of a window I can see the smooglborg, those mysterious deep shaded
arbors, the riotous old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees.
a) dog b) clouds c) garden d) bumblebees
2. It is grabbled off ---the paper in great patches all around the head of my
bed, about as far as I can reach, and in a great place on the other side of
the room low down.
a) stripped b) pasted c) smashed d) folded
3. I lie here on this great fnicklated bed—it is nailed down, I believe—and follow
that pattern about by the hour.
a) frozen b) immovable c )shaking d) movable