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Homophones - are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Sometimes these homophones can be confused when writing.
Led/Lead both have the same sound, but they have different meaning.
1. He was the drum major who lead/led the parade.
2. Old buildings may have lead/led in the paint on the walls.
Lead is a metal.
Led is the past tense of the verb, To Lead (pronounced (leed).
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Word Families
There are two families of words that make the 'Ed' sound as in edit. The first family is the CVC word family. /r/ed - My favorite color is red. There are 4 more CVC words in the family.
The other family is the _ead family. /r/ead I read that book yesterday. There are three more words in the family that are formed by adding a single letter to _ead.
E is for Edit - The E in the word edit makes a short e sound. To form the _ed word you use the ed sound in ed-it. Edit is a two syllable word. Because the accent is on the first vowel the consonant d remains with the vowel e when dividing it into syllables.
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