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Spell It Right VOCABULARY                                                      Analytical Skills


            Read these sentences.

            v  Bheema had two buffaloes.                      v      He decided to sell one of them.

            The highlighted words two and to sound the same, but do you know they have

            different meanings?

             Words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings
             are called homophones?


            A.  Circle the correct spelling for each picture.









                         Chilly / Chilli                 Wring / Ring                   Flower / Flour











                          Pear / Pier                     Ate / Eight                      Sun / Son


                 Can you write three more pairs of homophones?

                 1.

                 2.
                 3.


            B.  Choose the correct word and complete the sentence.

                 1.  There are seven days in a                             . (weak/week)

                 2.  The                       a biryani. (maid/made)
                 3.                      of the girls                     a prize. (one/won)


                 4.  Every day we play for an                              in                 garden. (hour/our)
                 5.  It is not                     to speak                       in the class. (allowed/aloud)

                 6.  I never                       with my                       hand. (write/right)




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