How many times have you heard your youngster ask, "Which word do I use ----- there, they're, or their?" It's a common question, because many students and adults have difficulty with homophones.
Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. As a learning specialist for over 38 years, I have designed a method to help individuals learn and retain these tricky words by visually connecting the pictures to the words. I have had fantastic success using this method. Students and adults have seen their reading and writing improve dramatically.
Each card has a wonderful picture, which illustrates the meaning of the word. There is also a pronunciation guide and sentence for every homophone. The individual learning the words learns the spelling and associates the word with the picture and sentence. Then the individual is able to picture the word and spelling when writing. There is no more confusion!
These cards are terrific for all ages-elementary through adulthood and for individuals learning English as a second language.
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stationary, stationery/ to, two, too/ affect, effect/ there, they're, their/ compliment, complement/ hear, here/ cent, sent, scent/ weather, whether/ it's, its/ capital, capitol/ wring, ring/ bin, been/ break, brake/ past, passed/ forward, foreword/ write, right/ one, won/ eight, ate/ waist, waste/ dear, deer/ complaisant, complacent/ course, coarse/ you're, your/ review, revue/ wait, weight/ forth, fourth/ son, sun/ knot, not/ principal, principle/ sew, so/ witch, which, plus 503 more fabulous homophones. |
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