This is a Powerpoint I use in my seventh grade English class prior to reviewing homophones.

1. Homophones: Words that sound the same, but mean different things and have different spellings! We look the same, Chip! That’s true, Dale! But we’re actually DIFFERENT! Just like homophones!

3. ARE vs. OUR ARE you going to join in OUR dance?

5. HEAR vs. HERE Come over here so I can hear what you are saying better!

7. HOLE vs. WHOLE That whole car fit through a little hole in my baseboard! I knew I had mice!

9. PATIENCE vs. PATIENTS I know a handsome gentleman who’s a doctor, and he has a lot of patience for the complaints of his patients .

11. PEACE vs. PIECE All I wanted was some peace and quiet, but what I got instead was this piece of cheese!

13. PLAIN vs. PLANE What are all these knobs and levers? I thought this plane was going to be a plain , simple craft!

15. THEIRS vs. THERE’S There’s Chip and Dale with that strange friend of theirs !

17. THERE vs. THEIR vs. THEY’RE As our heroes face impending doom, they hang there over a gaggle of hungry cats, knowing that they’re in a tricky position and must use their knowledge and education to save them!

19. TO vs. TOO vs. TWO The two chipmunks went to the mansion to find the treasure and discovered some interesting clues along the way, too !

21. WAIT vs. WEIGHT Let’s wait until we’re outside the Earth’s orbit when we won’t have any weight …then we can float around the spaceship!

23. WEATHER vs. WHETHER Let’s check to see whether the weather is nice enough to go outside.

25. WHOSE vs. WHO’S Who’s going to tell me whose plunger this is?!

27. YOUR vs. YOU’RE I bet you’re glad you remembered your running shoes today!