Homophone Worksheets

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Homophones / Homonyms
and other commonly misused words 1.
2. 1. affect/effect
3. 2. ate/eight
4. 3. be/bee
5. 4. blew/blue
6. 5. brake/break
7. 6. cent/scent/sent
8. 7. dear/deer
9. 8. flour/flower
10. 9. grate/great
11. 10. hear/here
12. 11. hole/whole
13. 12. hour/our
14. 13. its/it's
15. 14. knew/new
16. 15. threw/through
17. 16. than/then
18. 17. know/no/now
19. 18. lay/lie
20. 19. loose/lose
21. 20. one/won Homophones "ate" and "eight"
1. 1. I _________ too much at dinner.
2. 2. The movie starts at _________ o'clock sharp!
3. 3. An octopus has _____________ legs.
4. 4. The monkey __________ four bananas! Homophones "be" and "bee"
1. 1. A ___________ stung me at recess today.
2. 2. She is supposed to _______ at work today.
3. 3. I laughed when Mom said I was "Busy as a _________."
4. 4. Hurry! I don't want to ______ late. Homophones "blew" and "blue"
1. 1. My favorite color is ________.
2. 2. The wind _________ the tree over.
3. 3. He huffed and puffed and __________ the house made of hay.
4. 4. The Pacific Ocean is a deep _________ color. Homophones "brake" and "break"
1. 1. We had a quick _____________ for lunch.
2. 2. The ______________ on her back tire didn't work.
3. 3. Mom had to hit the _____________ so we wouldn't run the red light.
4. 4. The doctor said the fracture on my arm was a clean ___________. Homophones "dear" and "deer"
1. 1. Be a _________ and get me a drink please.
2. 2. The _________ jumped right into the road in front of us.
3. 3. My letter started, "___________ John."
4. 4. My Grandpa hunts ______________. Homophones "flour" and "flower"
1. 1. We needed to borrow a cup of ___________ to make our cookies.
2. 2. My favorite _________ is the daisy.
3. 3. My Grandma is always in her ___________- garden.
4. 4. __________ is the main ingredient in bread. Homophones "cent" and "scent" and "sent"
1. 1. Tracy ___________ her mom flowers for her birthday.
2. 2. Vanilla is my favorite _________________.
3. 3. A penny is worth one __________.
4. 4. The ____________ from her perfume was strong.
5. 5. She was one ____________ short to pay for ice cream.
6. 6. The scary movie ___________________ shivers down my spine! Homophones "grate" and "great"
1. 1. I had to __________ the cheese for the nachos.
2. 2. My brother wants to be a __________ golfer.
3. 3. My __________ grandma is 100 years old!
4. 4. The truck is coming to ____________ our dirt road today. Homophones "hear" and "here"
1. 1. I can't ____________ you!
2. 2. Come over _________!
3. 3. We could _________ the band leading the parade.
4. 4. My Aunt Valerie is flying ________ today. Homophones "hole" and "whole"
1. 1. She ate the ________ pizza.
2. 2. Every bagel has a __________ in the center.
3. 3. I spent my __________ allowance on baseball cards.
4. 4. My favorite shirt has a ____________ in the armpit! Homophones "sew", "so" and "sow"
1. 1. My Grandma likes to _______ quilts.
2. 2. Farmers ___________ seeds in the dirt.
3. 3. She ran __________ fast, she set a new record.
4. 4. "You reap what you ____________."
5. 5. That roller coaster was ________ fast, my hat blew off!
6. 6. My mom is teaching me how to __________. Homophones "knew" and "new"
1. 1. She got mud on her __________ shoes.
2. 2. She ____________ she was in trouble.
3. 3. I _______ the answer to the question first.
4. 4. My mom is making a ________ recipe for dinner. Homophones "threw" and "through"
1. 1. He ______________ a rock ____________ the window.
2. 2. Stars shine ____________ the darkness.
3. 3. They ____________ rice at the bride and groom.
4. 4. She ____________ away his pictures because she was
____________ with him. Misused Words "than" and "then
1. I rather ride in the car _________ ride my bike.
2. You can ride your bike to my office and _________ I will
drive you the rest of the way.
3. Let's go to a movie and _________ go get ice cream.
4. Snowboarding is more fun _________ skiing. Homophones / Misused Words "know" and "no" and "now"
1. 1. I _________ where you live.
2. 2. He said "______ onions" on the pizza.
3. 3. She did not __________ how to sing.
4. 4. I want to go to the movie __________.
5. ________ is the time to act if we want to get anything done!
5. 6. My mom said, "_________, you cannot go."
6.
Homophones "one" and "won"
1. 1. My Uncle Tom ___________ the game.
2. 2. I have ____________ pair of baseball cleats.
3. 3. We never heard who __________ the game.
4. 4. Our baseball team was ahead by __________ point. Homophones "pail" and "pale"
1. 1. The ___________ was full of water when it spilled.
2. 2. She became ___________ when the doctor said she needed a shot.
3. 3. She wore a _____________ blue dress for Easter.
4. 4. My ___________ had the most berries in it. Homophones "pair" and "pare"
1. 1. The recipe said to _________ an apple.
2. 2. A ________ of geese live in our pond.
3. 3. My new ________ of shoes were dirty.
4. 4. I didn't know how to ____________ the potato. Homophones "passed" and "past"
1. 1. She ____________ the house twice before she found it.
2. 2. Her grandmother liked to remember the ____________.
3. 3. He ____________ the spelling test.
4. 4. The bird flew right _____________ the nest. Homophones "plain" and "plane"
1. 1. Mitchell only eats __________ yogurt.
2. 2. The ________ was two hours late.
3. 3. A pilot flies a _____________ for a living.
4. 4. I wanted my ice cream _________, with no extra toppings.
Homophones "read" and "red"
1. 1. I wore a bright ________ dress to the party.
2. 2. I ________ twenty pages in an hour.
3. 3. Tomatoes are bright ___________ in color.
4. 4. The teacher ____________ out loud to her class. Homophones "right" and "write"
1. 1. Her aunt forgot to turn __________ on Elm Street.
2. 2. I have to ___________ a four-page paper.
3. 3. I bat with my ______________ hand.
4. 4. I love to ___________ stories! Homophones "road" and "rode"
1. 1. The _________ was bumpy and curvy.
2. 2. Alex _________ his bike to Grandma's house.
3. 3. We didn't know which ___________ to take.
4. 4. I __________ a motorcycle last week. Homophones "sail" and "sale"
1. 1. Every video game was on ___________ today.
2. 2. The ___________ on the boat was stuck.
3. 3. We used a _________ to make our boat go faster.
4. 4. My mom made cupcakes for the school bake _________ today. Homophones "sea" and "see"
1. 1. The fog was so thick we couldn't ___________.
2. 2. The Caribbean is a ________ in the tropics.
3. 3. Some day I'm going to sail the seven __________!
4. 4. I love to _____________ you smile. Homophones "some" and "sum"
1. 1. That was ___________ movie!
2. 2. The ________ of two plus two is four.
3. 3. We wanted ________ more pizza.
4. 4. Our teacher had us figure the _______ of the equation. Homophones "hour" and "our"
1. 1. __________ school is the best!
2. 2. Lunch will be ready in an ___________.
3. 3. I have to wait an _________ before I can swim.
4. 4. My dad thinks ________ basketball team is the best. Homophones "stair" and "stare"
1. 1. The basket was on the bottom _____________.
2. 2. All he could do was _________ at the ugly dog.
3. 3. My legs were so tired I couldn't climb one more __________.
4. 4. My friend and I liked to ______________ each other down. Homophones "tail" and "tale"
1. 1. The lemur has a long ___________.
2. 2. The story of Paul Bunyan is a tall __________.
3. 3. I didn't believe my Grandpa's fairy _______.
4. 4. That cat has no __________! Homophones "theirs" and "there's"
1. 1. ____________ ice cream in the freezer.
2. 2. __________ popcorn on the floor.
3. 3. I don't know where ____________ went, but ours is here.
4. 4. How did ______________ end up on the table Homophones "weak" and "week"
1. 1. There are seven days in every ___________.
2. 2. I get to see my dad next ___________.
3. 3. My muscles were ________ after I was sick.
4. 4. Baby kittens are born very ____________. Homophones "which" and "witch"
1. 1. We didn't know __________ road to choose.
2. 2. The girl dressed up as a ___________ for Halloween.
3. 3. My favorite character in The Wizard of Oz is Esmeralda,
4. the Good __________.
5. 4. I knew ________________ pumpkin I was going to pick. Homophones "who's" and "whose"
1. 1. I didn't know __________ shoes they were.
2. 2. ___________ book is missing?
3. 3. _________ going to the park with us?
4. 4. _______ our teacher talking about? 5.
Focus Words
A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a
different meaning and spelling. They are also called homonyms. A. Look up and write down the mean