Homophones Worksheet

Key Name:__________________________________ What are Homophones? Homophones are easy to remember if you think of your Greek roots. Homo means “same.” Phone means “sound.” So homophones are literally two words whose names have the same sound. One example of this are the words hare and hair. If you hear them out loud without seeing them written down, you don’t know if you are talking about a hare (rabbit), or a hair (growing on your head). Context helps you know which one is meant, as well. Choose the correct homophone to complete each sentence. Name:__________________________________ sea 1. Our whole family packed our beach clothes and took a trip to the ____________(see/sea). grate 2. Jimmy’s mom let him _________________________(great/grate) the cheese for the pizza. maid 3. I often wished for a ________________________(maid/made) to clean my house for me. 4. Melissa has been a _____________________(dear/deer) friend of mine for many years. dear scent 5. The _________________(sent/cent/scent) of pancakes filled the air as we made breakfast. flour 6. Grandma put some __________________(flower/flour) into the bowl to make some dough. new 7. Many of the children were wearing _______________(knew/new) shoes for school. break 8. After many hours on the computer, I had to take a _____________________(break/brake). prince 9. The princess and the ______________________(prints/prince) are children of the king. flu 10. They had to stay in bed for two days when they got the ________________(flu/flew). pail 11. When the janitor mops the floor, he uses a _______________(pail/pale) to rinse the mop. oar 12. It’s difficult to row the boat without an __________________(oar/or/ore). meat 13. The butcher chopped up the _________________________(meet/meat) for his client. ate 14. Sylvia _____________________(ate/eight) the last of the cereal for breakfast. too 15. If you are going to the mall, I would like to go, __________________(to/too/two). They’re 16. ______________________(Their/They’re/There) planning to go to a movie later today. cell 17. The tiny ________________(cell/sell) looked much larger under the microscope. tail 18. The cat screeched loudly when her ___________________(tale/tail) got caught in the door. principal 19. Our school ___________________(principle/principal) is taking us on a field trip. allowed 20. There is no running ______________________(allowed/aloud) in the school hallways. son 21. The man and his _______________(son/sun) went to the lake to go fishing. won 22. Eric could hardly believe it when he _______________(one/won) the race.