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Homophones: ‘ee’, ‘ea’

  • Vowels are the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, all other letters are consonants.
  • Vowels can make a short sound (‘e’ as in ‘met’) or a long sound (‘e’ as in ‘meet’).
  • A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another but is spelt differently.
  • A homophone can also be spelt the same as another word but have a different meaning.
  • Many homophones use the different spellings for long vowel sounds.

Copy each word, then try to write it without copying.  Use the final column to correct any mistakes or to test each group of words.

Medium Hot/Spicy
was Beet
what Peel
do Reed
get Cheep
you Steel
there Beat
just Peal
help Read
if Cheap
me Steal
  Teem
  Team
  Beech
  Beach

 


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