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3. Friends : _________________________________________________________

4. Silly : _________________________________________________________

5. Foolish : _________________________________________________________

Vocabulary

Homophones

Read the following sentences.
1. Abu wanted to check again to see that there were nine donkeys.

2. He wrote out a cheque for 500 rupees.

Both check and cheque have the same sound, but are spelt differently and both have different
meanings. These words are known as homophones.

Choose the correct words from the brackets and fill in the blanks.

1. He bought many things at the _____________ (fare/fair).
He did not have enough money to buy the bus _____________ (fare/fair).

2. Anu’s house is near the _____________ (see/sea).
She can _____________ (see/sea) many beautiful shells on the shore.

3. I like to _____________ (right/write) with a red pen.
All my sums were _____________ (right/write).

4. He has a big _____________ (knows/nose).

She _____________ (knows/nose) all the answers.
5. I went to the market to _____________ (buy/by) some books.
This book is written _____________ (buy/by) Jane Austen.

6. The rain fell on the window _____________ (pain/pane).

The little girl cried out in _____________ (pain/pane).

Let’s Learn Grammar

Contraction (Using Apostrophe)

You can use an apostrophe to join two words to make one word. Rewrite the word using
apostrophe to shorten the words given in the brackets. The first one has been done for
you.

wasn’t
1. When Musa (was not) _____________ sitting on the donkey, he could see nine of them.

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