The English Language

The English Language

L.I. Language features - End rhyme

Parts of speech - Homonyms

Some people say that you’re a dear,

yet dear is far from cheap.

A jumper is a thing you wear.

yet a jumper has to leap.

It’s very clear it’s very queer,

and pray who’s to blame

for different meanings to some words

pronounced and spelt the same?

A little journey is a trip,

a trip is when you fall.

It doesn’t mean you have to dance

whene’er you hold a ball.

Now here’s a thing that puzzles me:

musicians of good taste

will very often form a band -

I’ve got one round my waist!

Harry Helmsley

Words that look the same but have different meanings are called?

Write out three pairs from the poem.

• Ball
• Trip
• Band

The words at the end of some lines rhyme, this is called?

“A end rhyme”

Write out three pairs from the poem.

• Dear/wear
• taste/waist
• Ball/fall

Write another 2 lines that could be included in this poem.

Illustrate your verse.

I hit the ball with a Bat.

I saw a Bat in the cave.

Create a DLO that explains what homonyms are with examples that will help others strengthen their connection to this learning.

Today we were learning what homonyms and end rhymes were. There was a poem that we had to finish. I worked collaboratively with my friend Miki.