Mail & Male

English Language: KS3, topic 1.5.12

Mail and Male

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. Let's look at an example...

Mail

Mail

  • Did you get my mail?
  • Mail is another word for post.
Male

Male

  • The new lion cub is a male.
  • Male is the boy version of something (rather than the girl version or something!). You can have male people, male animals and so on.

Test yourself on Mail & Male

  • What does a postman deliver?

  • Which word should go in the gap?

    Our new dog is a ___.

  • Which word should go in the gap?

    I have not received any ___ in 3 weeks!

  • Which word should go in the gap?

    I want a [male] horse.

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