homophones "the knight waits at night"
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RondeauThe KnightW
aits at Night
Salzmann
The Knight Waits at N
ightABDO
Mary Elizabeth Salzmann
Books in this series:Bella Blew Blue Bubbles
The Knight Waits at NightMy Deer Is a Dear
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We Have a Wee Whale
Books in this series:Bella Blew Blue Bubbles
The Knight Waits at NightMy Deer Is a Dear
The Prince Left His PrintsSue Threw the Goop Through the Hoop
We Have a Wee Whale
Homophones are words that sound alike but arespelled differently and have different meanings.
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Mary Elizabeth Salzmann
The KnightWaits at Night
The KnightWaits at Night
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Published by SandCastle™, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company, 4940 Viking Drive, Edina,Minnesota 55435.Copyright © 2002 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in allcountries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permissionfrom the publisher. SandCastle™ is a trademark and logo of ABDO Publishing Company.Printed in the United States.Cover and interior photo credits: Artville, Comstock, Corbis Images, Digital Stock,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth, 1968-The knight waits at night / Mary Elizabeth Salzmann.
p. cm. -- (Homophones)Includes index.Summary: Photographs and simple text introduce homophones, words that sound alike
but are spelled differently and have different meanings.ISBN 1-57765-651-21. English language--Homonyms--Juvenile literature. [1. English language--Homonyms.]
I. Title. II. Series.
PE1595 .S25 2002428.1--dc21
2001053304
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9 Homographs: words that are spelled the same but sound different and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-graph”= same look
9 Homonyms: words that are spelled and sound the same but have differentmeanings. Easy memory tip: “-nym”= same name
9 Homophones: words that sound alike but are spelled differently and havedifferent meanings. Easy memory tip: “-phone”= sound alike
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Homophones
knot not
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Homophones
Homophones are words thatsound alike but are spelleddifferently and havedifferent meanings.
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Homophones
The baker kneads the bread dough.
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Homophones
Pam needs to practice her flute.
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Homophones
He joined the navy.
He is a naval officer.
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Homophones
My navel shows when I wearmy swimsuit.
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Homophones
Justine knows gymnastics.
She can do a back bend.
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Homophones
Peter got ice cream on his nose.
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Homophones
I raise my hand when I knowthe answer.
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Charlie has caught no fish yet.
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Homophones
Andy reads the news andcomics every day.
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Homophones
These animals are gnus.
Gnus live in Africa.
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Tanya knew how to help.
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Homophones
My new puppy is soft.
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Our favorite team is the NewYork Knicks.
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Homophones
Dad nicks himself when he shaves.
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Homophones
She is dressed like a nun.
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Homophones
How much milk is left?
(none)
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Words I Can ReadNouns
A noun is a person, place, or thing
Plural NounsA plural noun is more than one
person, place, or thing
animals (AN-uh-muhlz) p. 15
comics (KOM-ikss) p. 14fish (FISH) p. 13
gnus (NOOZ) p. 15homophones
(HOME-uh-fonez) p. 5
meanings (MEE-ningz)p. 5
words (WURDZ) p. 5
answer (AN-sur) p. 12back bend
(BAK BEND) p. 10baker (BAYK-ur) p. 6bread (BRED) p. 6day (DAY) p. 14dough (DOH) p. 6flute (FLOOT) p. 7
gymnastics (jim-NASS-tiks) p. 10
hand (HAND) p. 12ice cream
(EYESS KREEM) p. 11knot (NOT) p. 4milk (MILK) p. 21navel (NAY-vuhl) p. 9navy (NAY-vee) p. 8
news (NOOZ) p. 14nose (NOHZ) p. 11nun (NUHN) p. 20officer (OF-uh-sur) p. 8puppy (PUHP-ee) p. 17swimsuit (SWIM-soot)
p. 9team (TEEM) p. 18
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Proper NounsA proper noun is the name of a person, place, or thing
VerbsA verb is an action or being word
AdjectivesAn adjective describes something
alike (uh-LIKE) p. 5different (DIF-ur-uhnt)
p. 5every (EV-ree) p. 14favorite (FAY-vuh-rit)
p. 18
her (HUR) p. 7his (HIZ) p. 11much (MUHCH) p. 21my (MYE) pp. 9, 12, 17naval (NAY-vuhl) p. 8new (NOO) p. 17
no (NOH) p. 13none (NUHN) p. 21our (OUR) p. 18soft (SAWFT) p. 17these (THEEZ) p. 15
are (AR) pp. 5, 15can (KAN) p. 10caught (KAWT) p. 13do (DOO) p. 10dressed (DRESSD) p. 20got (GOT) p. 11has (HAZ) p. 13have (HAV) p. 5help (HELP) p. 16
is (IZ) pp. 8, 17, 18, 20, 21joined (JOIND) p. 8kneads (NEEDZ) p. 6knew (NOO) p. 16know (NOH) p. 12knows (NOHZ) p. 10left (LEFT) p. 21live (LIV) p. 15needs (NEEDZ) p. 7
nicks (NIKSS) p. 19practice (PRAK-tiss) p. 7raise (RAYZ) p. 12reads (REEDZ) p. 14shaves (SHAYVZ) p. 19shows (SHOHZ) p. 9sound (SOUND) p. 5spelled (SPELD) p. 5wear (WAIR) p. 9
Africa (AF-ruh-kuh) p. 15
Andy (AN-dee) p. 14Charlie (CHAR-lee)
p. 13Dad (DAD) p. 19
Justine (JUHSS-teen) p. 10
New York Knicks(NOO YORK NIKSS)p. 18
Pam (PAM) p. 7Peter (PEET-ur) p. 11Tanya (TON-yuh) p. 16
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gnusnews
knightnight
navalnavel
nonenun
Match these homophones to the pictures
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