Desert & Dessert

English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.2.18

Desert & Dessert

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. For example, 'desert' and 'dessert'.

Desert

Desert

  • There was little water in the desert.
  • A desert is a very dry landscape.
Dessert

Dessert

  • For dessert, there was sticky toffee pudding!
  • Dessert is something sweet eaten after a main meal.

Test yourself on Desert & Dessert

  • Complete the following sentence with the correct word:

    They walked across the dry ____.

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