Written by Jennie Cole

Flo: Jennie / Elsie: Hilary / Party Host: Ahmed

With special thanks to Azmera, Pricila, Nelson, Marinela and Gheorghina

PART 2:

(car can be heard to swerve on the road)

Elsie: watch the ROAD, Flo! Be careful how you drive!

Flo: Oh, sorry, all that interesting talk on homophones has distracted me. Elsie: I WOULD have saved it until later, had I know. I’ve been reading about homophones all WEEK.

Flo: I didn’t realise how common homophones actually are. Elsie: What do you mean?

Flo: Well, just as we were talking, we said three homophones! You told me to watch the ROAD. R-o-a-d, which is what we’re driving on. This type of ROAD is a way people or vehicles pass between places. They drive from A to B on a road. But I remember when my brother RODE a horse, meaning he sat on the horse.

Elsie: Oh yes! And I just said then that I WOULD have saved all this very interesting talk, which is spelt w-o-u-l-d, meaning that perhaps I should have, but the word can also be spelt wood (w-o-o-d) which is what trees are made from.

Flo: You also said you’d been reading about homophones all WEEK, and that word can be spelt w-e-e-k, which is a period of seven days, but it can also be spelt w-e-a-k, which means a lack of strength or power.

Elsie: That’s right!

Flo: There you go again!

Elsie: What do you mean?

Flo: The word ‘right’ can be spelt r-i-g-h-t, which can mean ‘correct,’ but my friend forgot to WRITE a note, which is spelt w-r-i-t-e.

Elsie: There seems to be so many! I need a rest from talking so much. Would you mind if I had a few minutes sleep on the way?

Flo: Oh, that’s fine, Elsie. I’ll keep driving. (sound of the car cruising along the road)