Wednesday 29th April 2026

Remember - a homograph is a word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning and often a different pronunciation, too.

Show Me

Listen to each pair of sentences, then write a homograph that fits into them both. Show me your word when I ask you to.

I need to deposit the charity donation at the ________.

We sat on the grassy ___________ and watched the eight ducks swim past.

It looked like an ordinary __________ of chairs but one was painted gold.

After their __________, the twins sat at opposite ends of the table.

I was so busy laughing that a ________ rolled down my cheek.

It was possible to fix the ___________ in my book with tape.

Focus: Spell correctly and distinguish between homographs with the same pronunciation, e.g. firm, sign, capital.

Read these sentences with me:

The jelly wasn't firm enough to hold its shape.

Dad works for a firm that sells medicine.

The words 'firm' in each sentence have the same pronunciation, are spelt the same but have different meanings.

Let's find the word firm in a dictionary.

What word classes do the different definitions belong to?

Now can you locate the homograph capital in the dictionary. What are the different meanings.

Can you create two sentences to demonstrate each meaning, orally fist and then in writing?

Word to Sentence Spellers

Locate the following homographs in the dictionary, then write some sentences that show you understand the meaning of each one.

sign

fine

saw

spring