1184PR Grammar essentials COLOUR LR watermark
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Homophones<br />
bare/bear<br />
My bare feet were burnt on the hot sand.<br />
(Naked, shoeless—adjective)<br />
The little baby loved his new teddy bear.<br />
(Animal—noun)<br />
The bear cub was brown and furry.<br />
(Animal—adjective)<br />
We found the loud noise hard to bear.<br />
(Put up with—verb)<br />
be/bee<br />
I will be home early today. (verb)<br />
The bee stung the boy on his foot. (Insect—noun)<br />
bean/been<br />
The beans grew well in the garden. (Vegetable—noun)<br />
It has been very wet today.<br />
(Past tense of the verb ‘to be’—verb)<br />
berry/bury<br />
The pie is filled with berry jam.<br />
(Type of fruit—adjective)<br />
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We collected many types of berry for our desert.<br />
(Fruit—noun)<br />
The man wanted to bury his rubbish in the yard.<br />
(Put into the ground—noun)<br />
Words that cause confusion<br />
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