Homophones
Homophones
are words which sound alike but usually have different
meanings e.g. wood and would.
In the following exercises choose the correct homophone from the pairs of
homophones at the top of the page:
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Homophones
through/threw
missed/mist
gate/gait
road/rode
vale/veil
council/counsel
passed/past
The marathon runners moved through
*
the *gate and out
onto the road
*
. As the early morning
*
came down like
mist
a *veil over the town, they were last seen going * past
the local *council chambers before they disappeared from
view.
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Homophones
wood/would
too/to
their/there
oar/or
It would
*
be three hours before they returned to
*
the oval and to their
*
moments of glory *or
defeat.
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Homophones
13 homophones have been incorrectly used.
Write the correct homophone above the incorrect one:
heard
Last night I herd a broadcast of the Inter Cup in
time
Rome
there
pause
allowed
Roam. Every thyme their was a paws in play, it aloud
some
tea
or
me to make sum tee oar grab some food to eat. The
team
would
ball
teem batting wood often hit the bawl to the fence,
four
getting for runs.
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Homophones
11 homophones have been incorrectly used.
Write the correct homophone above the incorrect one:
made
so
I
It maid me sew mad because eye wanted the
to
whole
other team too win. The hole fielding team
seemed
two
feet
seamed to have to left feat and couldn’t throw
in
right
mind
the ball inn the write place. Never mined,
next time they’ll play better.
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