words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings

words that do not follow usual spelling patterns and cannot be sounded out easily

Practise and apply spelling homophones

English

In this unit, pupils learn spelling and grammar conventions used with prefixes meaning 'not’ and the spelling of homophones and homonyms.  In 'Verb and adjectives suffixes’, pupils learn verb and adjective suffixes.

In ‘More suffixes and silent letters’, pupils learnt spelling and grammar conventions used with the suffixes -ly, -ful and -less. In this unit, pupils learn spelling and grammar conventions used with prefixes meaning 'not’ and the spelling of homophones and homonyms.

Prefixes, homonyms and homophones

Tick the sentence in which the homophone in bold has been spelt correctly.

Lucas was **alowed** to stay up late and watch a film.

Lucas was **aloud** to stay up late and watch a film.

Lucas was **allowed** to stay up late and watch a film.

Tick the sentence in which the homophone in bold has been spelt correctly. 

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. They walked **thru** the forest.

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. **Yor** late for school today.

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. **Rite** his name on the envelope.

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. Do you know their **adres**?

There is another bottle of water **by** the fridge.

There is another bottle of water **buy** the fridge.

There is another bottle of water **bye** the fridge.

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. I **nue** it was going to be sunny today so I wore my shorts.

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. They carried **thair** shoes over the rocks.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Practise and apply spelling homophones

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.