Lesson 12

d. Copy these words, and underline ear. Say the words aloud as you write them.

heard _________________________	earl _________________________
earth _________________________	early _________________________
earn _________________________	pearl _________________________
learn _________________________	yearn _________________________

e. In the literature passage Louis misunderstood because his father used a homonym. His father has given us a definition of homonyms, or words that sound the same, and are sometimes spelled the same but have two different meanings. Write the homonym that was used to write the two meanings.

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f. Use a dictionary to look up at least two meanings for these homonyms.

1) sound

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2) pitch

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3) squash

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4) pound

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5) fly

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6)duck

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Spelling Tip
Words with a soft g sound preceded by a short vowel are often spelled with dge.