Words: Homophones and Linking Words

Class 6 English · Chapter 1: A Bottle of Dew · NCERT Poorvi section pp. 8–9

Learn

Story words: promised, spending, cheated, luck, remember, huge, difficult, market. Use them in your own sentences, e.g. "The farmer had a huge plantation" or "He did not depend on luck."

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. The story's title has one: dew (water drops on leaves) and due (expected at a certain time). Others: I/eye, your/you're, son/sun, one/won, ate/eight, see/sea.

Try using both words of a pair in one sentence: "I ate eight bananas!" "The son played in the sun." "You're holding your book upside down."

Linking words join two ideas and tell us when or why: because, as, before, as soon as. "The children ran to the gate as soon as the bell rang." "Nitin was late because there was a traffic jam." Tongue twister: "Bunty bhaiya bought a big bunch of bananas": say it faster each time!

Explore: sort the homophone pairs.

1. Put each word with its pair's meanings.

Remember

• Homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings (dew/due, son/sun, one/won).
• Linking words like because, before and as soon as tell when or why.

Quick check

Which pair are homophones?

1. ate – eight
2. big – large
3. happy – sad
4. run – running

Think about it

Make your own tongue twister with the letter "m" or "p".

Practice

Practise with fresh questions at three levels (easy, medium, hard), some answered hands-on, with hints and worked answers. Get 4 of your last 5 right to finish the topic.