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Practicing Homophones
Identify and define homophones; use homophones in
sentences
Learning Notes This Sp ellin g & Ph o nics lesso n p ack co n t ains six exercises o n usin g h o m o p h o n es in
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Recommended Exercises
In tro d uct ory: Exercises o n Id e n tifyin g M issp elle d W ords
Follo w-u p: Exercises o n M ultiple M e a nin g W ords
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Examples: to — too
cent — sent
hear — here
● For each word in Column A there is a homonym in Column B. Write the number of its
homonym next to each word in Column A.
A B
wait 1. sighed
ceiling 2. whether
piece 3. weight
side 4. choose
threw 5. sealing
vain 6. eight
weather 7. peace
no 8. heard
chews 9. break
Fill in the blanks with the right word (their, there, or they’re).
4. planning to go sailing.
Fill in the blanks with the right word (two, to, or too).
1. I like skate.
5. I have pets.
6. He walks school.
7. It is hot run.
Homonyms
Read this list of homonyms. Then your teacher will tell you which homonyms to
write in original sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure your
sentences tell the meaning of the homonym. Look up in a dictionary the mean-
ing of any word you do not know.
air—heir ate—eight balI—bawl
be—bee bear—bare blew—blue
break—brake bury—berry by—buy
capital—capitol ceiling—sealing cereal—serial
coarse—course dear—deer desert—dessert
die—dye due—dew—do fair—fare
feet—feat flew—flue—flu flower—flour
foul—fowl four—for fur—fir
groan—grown guessed—guest hair—hare
hall—haul heal—heel heard—herd
here—hear hoarse—horse hour—our
I—eye kernel—colonel knew—new
knot—not know—no lesson—lessen
lone—loan made—maid mail—male
main—mane—Maine meet—meat minor—miner
night—knight nose—knows one—won
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Common Homonyms
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