Can you fill in the correct homophone into the sentences below? Think carefully about what
each word means!
Our or Are?
1. “Where ______ those puppies?” – from 101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith
2. We ______ going underground.” – from Charlie and the Chocolate factory by Roald Dahl
3. "The kids who ______ going to find the Golden Tickets are the ones who can afford to
buy bars of chocolate every day." - from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
4. _____ Charlie gets only one a year. That is not a hope" - from Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory by Roald Dahl
5. "His lot aren't very happy with you _____ they?" - from Prisoner of Azkaban by J K
Rowling
6. "Barney made the interested sort of noises you ______ supposed to make when people
tell you they are covering their wall with wallpaper decorated with pictures of mousetraps." from Stig of the Dump by Clive King
There, Their or They’re
1. The book is on the table over _____
2. I have heard that ______ going on holiday tomorrow
3. Have a look over ______
4. Is this _______ house?
5. Will we be invited to ______ party?
6. How long will it take to get ________?
7. I will look for the scissors in _______ classroom.
8. If _______ careful, they will be ok.
Once you have picked the correct answers above, write a paragraph (or a few paragraphs)
about 2 children who have something special belonging to them and they go to visit someone
at a house who is not there…
You must use the following words in your paragraph(s).
ARE
OUR
THERE
THEIR
Write your paragraphs in your literacy books.
Title: Are you there?
THEY’RE