Homophones Interactive Games
Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and mean different things. For example, "bear" and "bare" are homophones. Homophone games help students recognize homophones and their everyday occurrences in the English language. When tutoring or in-class work on homophones doesn't seem enough, try out a few different games for a fun yet educative approach to learning homophones.
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Homophones: Different Spelling, Same Sound Game
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This online game available through EZschool.com uses pictures and words to help players through the game. You look at the picture provided, then read the two words given for the picture.You must correctly choose the right word that matches the picture in order to move on to the next word. When you give a correct answer, a check mark appears next to "Your Answer." When you give an incorrect answer, an "X" appears next to "Your Answer" and the correct answer appears in the "Correct Answer" spot. In the bottom left-hand corner of the game screen, the previous question's picture and answer is displayed. Correctly answer a question to gain one point. When you give an incorrect answer, a point is taken away. Depending on how many answers are correct or incorrect throughout the game's progress, a player can have either a positive or negative score.
Homophone Flash Cards
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This online flash card game (powered by Javascript) is available through Quia.com. The game presents 40 cards with homophones on both sides, such as "tense" on one side and "tents" on the other. You have the option to "Try again later," "Remove card" or "Restart" at any time during the game. Select "Try again later" to produce another flash card in the card set without removing any cards. To move on to another card, click "Remove card" and the current card disappears from the card set. When this card disappears, the next homophone card appears. To restart the game, click "Restart." This returns any cards taken out of the pile. Have a dictionary handy when playing this game so that you can look up the words. This helps you understand the meaning of the word, how it is used in a sentence and how it is different from its homophone counterpart.
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Homophone Matching Game
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This online game is available through BBC.co.uk and utilizes matching as a way to find homophones. A player is presented with three level choices, where level one has six pairs of tokens, level two has eight pairs and level three has 10 pairs. The game displays the words on each token for roughly 5 seconds before the tokens are turned over. To begin, select a token to see a word. A clue is provided to show what the word means (sometimes a sample sentence is given) as well as a voice that pronounces the word. When you select two different words, the tokens turn over, repeating until there is a match. Matched words move onto a "Matched Words" list.
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