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.

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

1) sound

2) pitch

3) squash

4) pound

5) fly

6)duck

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