This task is about words that sound the same, but have different spelling and meanings.
Hemi has written a story about his dog. He has used some words that sound right, but the words do not have the correct meaning.
Read the story all the way through. Then draw a circle around all the incorrect words that you can find. Write the correct word in the space at the start of each line. If you cannot find an incorrect word, put a tick () in the space. The first two lines have been done for you.
Hemi's story
Hemi's dog, Jack, did not want run around. | |
He just lay on the floor looking sad. | |
______________ | The site of him made Hemi sad too. |
______________ | Hemi thought that Jack had sore airs, but his Mum |
______________ | thought that Jack had hurt his pores. |
______________ | "What can we do?" Hemi asked his Mum. |
______________ | "Let's take him to the vet," said Mum. |
______________ | The vet looked at Jack's hole body. He listened |
______________ | to his heart, and he poked and prodded. |
______________ | "I'm sure there are no brakes in his bones, said the |
______________ | vet as he ruffled Jack's hare. "He seems to be in |
______________ | good health. I think that maybe he has bruised one of his |
______________ | feet. Keep him quiet for a few daze and he'll be |
______________ | running around in no time. He is not aloud to go |
______________ | outside for a day or too". |