HOMOPHONES
Homophones are words that are pronounced the same, usually spelled differently, differently, and have different (Perkataan-perkataan yang mempunyai sebutan yang sama, tetapi ejaan dan maksud yang berbeza) b erbeza) meanings. (Perkataan-perkataan Underline the correct homophone to complete this sentence. s entence.
LIST OF HOMOPHONES:
(a) The boy put shampoo on his (hare/hair). their / there (b) Mum put some (flower/flour) in the cake mix.
isle / aisle
(c) James didn't have a very good (nights/knights) sleep.
pair / pear
(d) A rabbit is a bit like lik e a (hare/hair).
sew / so
(e) Tony got chased by a large (bare/bear).
here / hear
(a) Lucy couldn't wait to (meet/meat) her friend.
sail / sale grate / great
(b) Andrew (missed/mist) the bus.
seen / scene
(c) The mouse got his (tale/tail) caught.
not / knot
(d) Glen has a long (wait/weight) for the bus.
threw / through
(e) The cat hurt its (pour/poor/paw). (pour/poor/paw).
flower / flour
(f) The old man had no money, he was (pour/poor/paw).
cellar / seller maid / made
(g) "Could you (pour/poor/paw) the orange juice, please?"
lane / lain
(h) Mark got a letter in the (mail/male). Choose the correct homophone to complete this sentence.
1. We usually go to bed at __________________. __________________. (ate, eight) 2. My _________________ let us stay up late last night. (ant, aunt) 3. We _______________ strawberries strawberries with chocolate sauce. (ate, eight) 4. I have _____________ lunch today. (no, know) 5. There is a ________________ ________________ in my jeans. (hole, whole) 6. I won the game _____________ two points. (by, buy) 7. I would like ______________ have cookies with my milk. (to, two) 8. Billy _______________ the race. (one, won) 9. Please make sure to _______________ a jacket outside. (wear, where) 10. My favorite story is the “Tortoise and th e ______________ _”. (hair, hare)
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE We use the present continuous tense to talk about:
1. action happening now 2. action in the future To make continuous verbs add -ing to the base verb: •
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do becomes doing ask becomes asking
hit becomes hitting beg becomes begging
w, x and y
silent 'e'
For words that end w, x and y, do not double the last consonant ; just add -ing:
When the verb ends with a silent e, drop the e and add -ing:
enjoy becomes enjoying study becomes studying
make becomes making take becomes taking
box becomes boxing
one-syllable verbs For short, one-syllable verbs , that end with consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC), we must double the last consonant and then add -ing:
row becomes rowing
-ie verbs For verbs that end in -ie, change the ie to y before adding -ing: die becomes dying
swim becomes swimming run becomes running
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Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. The first one has been done for you. 1.
Zaid is crying (cry) because he fell down the drain.
2.
Aiman and Zarina ……………………………………………. (buy) a glass of orange juice each.
3.
The garbage collectors ………………………………………………………… (pick up) the garbage from the bin.
4.
Rodney …………………………………………. (throw) the rubbish at the open dump.
5.
The pupils of 5A ……………………………………………………. (clean) their classroom.
6.
Joseph and his classmates of 5B………………………………………………. (collect) the aluminium cans.
7.
She …………………………………………………………… (eat) fried noodles for breakfast.
8.
The cat ………………………………………………………… (rub) against my leg.
9.
Stacy and her family ……………………………………........(swim) in the sea.
10.
Madam Emma …………………………………………………………. (drive) a red truck.
