Homophones

What are Homophones?

  • Homophones are words that sound same when they are pronounced but have different meanings and spelling.
  • Example: The following two highlighted words in the sentences given below, have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling:
1. Give me a pair of socks.

2. Mom put a dozen of pears in the refrigerator.
  • Homophones usually occur in groups of two but sometimes they can be in group of three or four.
  • Example: to, too, two
1. I went to the mall yesterday.

2. I want to go to park too.

3. Pass me two apples.

List of Homophones

  1. heel, heal
  2. tail, tale
  3. one, won
  4. weak, week
  5. steal, steel
  6. meat, meet
  7. wait, weight
  8. stair, stare
  9. made, maid
  10. stationary, stationery
  11. Some, sum
  12. hour, our
  13. son, sun
  14. sea, see
  15. fair, fare
  16. way, weigh
  17. sea, see
  18. hair, hare
  19. waist, waste
  20. principal, principle
  21. hole, whole
  22. to, too, two
  23. poor, pour
  24. mail, male
  25. know, no
  26. die, dye
  27. eye, I
  28. dear, deer
  29. buy, by
  30. cell, sell
  31. brake, break
  32. bare, bear
  33. Aloud, allowed

Practice Exercise

Q1) Write the correct word for each clue.

waist, waste, son, sun, wait, weight, heel, heal, weak, week, stationary, stationery, way, weigh

1. ______________________ the back part of the human foot below the ankle

______________________ to become healthy again


2. ______________________ a period of seven days

______________________ having little physical strength or energy


3. ______________________ stay where one is until a particular time

______________________ the heaviness of a person or thing


4. ______________________ not moving

______________________ writing and other office materials


5. ______________________ the star round which the earth orbits

______________________ a male descendant


6. ______________________ a method of doing something

______________________ find out how heavy someone or something is typically using scales

 
Q2) Select the correct homophone to complete the sentence.

· Vendors (sell / cell) vegetables on every Monday.

· I have (four / for) kittens.

· She has become (week / weak) due to illness.

· Class III (one / won) the match.

· Give me (eight / ate) mangoes.

· My parents (aloud / allowed) me to go for picnic.

· Stars twinkle in the sky at (night / knight).

· Mrs Sharma’s (sun / son) studies in grade III.

· She borrowed (some / sum) money from me.

· I went (to / too) the mall yesterday.

· This chair is made up of (steel / steal).

· What's the train (fair / fare)?

· When did you (break / brake) the window?

· My uncle decided to (buy / by) a new car.