Homophones
📋 What it is
Homophones sound alike but mean different things: their/there/they’re, your/you’re, to/too/two.
🗣️ Coach says
These sound identical, so your ear can’t catch them — only meaning can. “They’re” = they are; “their” = belonging to them; “there” = a place. BOLT swaps them constantly.
🧠 Memory hook
they’re = they are · their = owns it · there = a place. Test by expanding it.
😂 Giggle
What did the paragraph say after a good edit?
"I feel so much clearer now!"
😲 Whoa!
English has hundreds of homophone sets — "to/too/two" alone trips up writers of every age.
🖍️ Grade BOLT-3000's homophones.
You're the teacher — mark BOLT-3000's work, then reveal how you did. (Grading a robot: all the skill, none of the sting.)
BOLT wrote: “Your late again!”
✗ Needs a fix — “Your” should be “You’re” (you are): “You’re late again!”
"You're" = "you are"; test by expanding — "You are late" works, "Your are" doesn't.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Write one sentence using their, there, AND they’re correctly.