Hello there, how are you? -Hi, dear.
-Katherine, you just called me "dear", like an animal.
-Yes, you are right. "Dear" and "deer" sound the same.
We use different words to write them.
Look, children.
Look, Katherine, knight is coming. -What, Mermaid?
It's not night, it's day. It's not dark.
-Ha, ha, got you. Frank the knight is coming. Look.
It sounds the same, but is written differently.
Knight, with a K, rides on a horse.
And night is the opposite of day.
Oh, look at those enormous mussels.
-Oh, thank you, Katherine. I've been working out at the gym.
-No, Mermaid. Look at those mussels in the sea.
-Oh.
-Yes. Muscles is written differently
from mussels, the sea creature.
-This is really fun.
Why don't we play a game with words that sound the same.
-What a good idea, Mermaid.
Can you play this game with us?
If I tell you: "Buy more milk", which one is correct?
I know. It's buy more milk.
You say bye to a friend and you walk by a river.
-That's right.
-Katherine, I love this game. Let's do another one.
-Ok. If I say to you: "Let's be friends".
Which one is correct?
-I know. Let's be friends.
Bees make honey
and B is the second letter of the alphabet.
-That's right.
I have another one.
If I say: "Let's meet under the sea".
Which one is right?
-I know. I live under the sea and you can see mussels there.
-Excellent, Mermaid.
Now it's my turn.
When you go to the beach you can hear the waves.
Which one is right?
I know this.
You can hear the waves at the beach,
and now you are here. -Yes.
The last one.
When we say: "You're right", which one is correct?
Yes, you're right and you write with a pen.
-Well, what a fun game.
We've learnt today that there are words
which sound the same but they are written differently.
-Yes, like night, mussels, dear,
sea, be, right, here and many more.
But I wonder how do I know which word to use each time.
-Well, I'll tell you a secret.
If you read a lot you learn which word to use.
-Ok. -Bye, see you next time.
-Bye.