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Homonyms (also called homophones) are words that sound like one another but have different meanings. Some homonyms are spelled the same, like bark (the sound a dog makes) and bark (the outer layer of a tree trunk). Some homonyms are spelled differently, like one (the number) and won (having been victorious).

Note: The Columbia Guide to Standard English defines homophones as words that are pronounced alike and have different spellings (like flower and flour), and defines homonyms as a more general term that includes both homophones and words that are spelled alike and have different meanings (like bank [the edge of a river] and bank [a financial institution]).

However, the Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993 edition) defines the terms homonym and homophone in such a way that each term includes words that are pronounced alike and have different spellings, and also words that are spelled alike and have different meanings.

Some common homonyms include:

ad/add allowed/aloud ant/aunt ate/eight ball/bawl band/banned bear/bare be/bee billed/build blew/blue board/bored boy/buoy brake/break by/bye/buy beach/beech bolder/boulder bread/bred brouse/brows capital/capitol caret/carrot/carat/karat cell/sell cent/scent/sent census/senses cereal/serial chews/choose choral/coral chute/shoot clothes/close colonel/kernel creak/creek crews/cruise cymbal/symbol days/daze dear/deer dew/do/due die/dye disc/disk discreet/discrete discussed/disgust doe/dough

doughs/doze earn/urn ewe/you eye/I fare/fair feat/feet find/fined fir/fur flea/flee flew/flu/flue flower/flour for/four/fore forth/fourth foul/fowl frees/freeze gneiss/nice gnu/knew/new gored/gourd gorilla/guerrilla grays/graze grate/great guessed/guest gym/Jim hale/hail hall/haul hare/hair heal/heel/he'll heard/herd hew/hue hi/high higher/hire him/hymm hair/hare hoarse/horse hole/whole hour/our idle/idol idle/idol/idyl in/inn incite/insight

its/it's jam/jamb jeans/genes knead/need/kneed knight/night knows/nose/no's lead/led leased/least lessen/lesson lie/lye links/lynx load/lode/lowed loan/lone locks/lox loot/lute maid/made mail/male maize/maze meet/meat medal/meddle mince/mints miner/minor missed/mist mooed/mood morning/mourning muscle/mussel mussed/must nays/neighs no/know none/nun nose/knows/no's not/knot/naught one/won or/oar/ore overdo/overdue paced/paste pail/pale pain/pane pair/pare/pear pain/pane

passed/past patience/patients pause/paws peace/piece peak/peek/pique peal/peel pedal/peddle peer/pier pi/pie plain/plane plum/plumb praise/prays/preys presence/presents principal/principle prince/prints quarts/quartz quince/quints rain/reign/rein raise/rays/raze rap/wrap read/reed read/red real/reel reek/wreak rest/wrest review/revue right/rite/write ring/wring road/rode/rowed roe/row role/roll root/route rose/rows rote/wrote roux/rue rye/wry sacks/sax sail/sale sawed/sod scene/seen

sea/see seam/seem seas/sees/seize serf/surf serge/surge sew/so/sow shoe/shoo side/sighed sighs/size sign/sine sight/site/cite slay/sleigh soar/sore soared/sword sole/soul son/sun some/sum spade/spayed staid/stayed stair/stare stake/steak stationary/stationery steal/steel straight/strait suede/swayed summary/summery sundae/Sunday tacks/tax tail/tale taut/taught tea/tee teas/tease/tees tents/tense tern/turn there/their/they're threw/through throne/thrown thyme/time tide/tied tighten/titan

to/too/two toad/toed/towed toe/tow told/tolled tracked/tract trussed/trust use/ewes vein/vane verses/versus vial/vile vice/vise wade/weighed wail/whale waist/waste wait/weight waive/wave Wales/whales war/wore ware/wear/where warn/worn wax/whacks way/weigh/whey we/wee weather/whether we'd/weed weld/welled we'll/wheel wen/when we've/weave weak/week which/witch whirled/world whirred/word whine/wine whoa/woe who's/whose wood/would worst/wurst yoke/yolk you'll/yule your/you're/yore

Activities on Homonyms:

Quiz 1: 12 homonyms - Circle the word that matches the picture.

Quiz 2: 10 homonyms - Circle the word that matches the picture.

Quiz 3: 15 homonyms - Write a homonym for each word.

Quiz 4: 15 homonyms - Write a homonym for each word.

Quiz 5: 15 homonyms - Write a homonym for each word.

Quiz 6: 15 homonyms - Write a homonym for each word.

Quiz 7: 15 homonyms - Write a homonym for each word.

Quiz 8: 15 homonyms - Write a homonym for each word.

Go to the answers to the 8 quizzes above.

Homonym Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz #1 Answer ten multiple-choice questions about common homonyms. Words: to, two, too, you're, your, write, right, their, there, they're. Or go to the answers.	Homonym Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz #2 Answer ten multiple-choice questions about common homonyms. Words: buy, by, bye, for, four, cent, scent, sent, eye, I. Or go to the answers.	Homonym Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz #3 Answer ten multiple-choice questions about common homonyms. Words: oar, or, ore, one, won, rain, reign, rein, hour, our. Or go to the answers.	Homonym Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz #4 Answer ten multiple-choice questions about common homonyms. Words: road, rode, rowed, who's, whose, gnu, knew, new, its, it's. Or go to the answers.
Homonym Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz #5 Answer ten multiple-choice questions about common homonyms. Words: raise, rays, raze, sail, sale, sight, site, cite, ant, aunt. Or go to the answers.	Homonym Multiple Choice Comprehension Quiz #6 Answer ten multiple-choice questions about common homonyms. Words: flew, flue, flu, steal, steel, sew, so, sow, pail, pale. Or go to the answers.	Homonym Cloze Activity Do this fill-in-the-blank activity and see if you can find these common homonyms. Or go to the Answers	Homonym Cloze Activity #2 Do this fill-in-the-blank activity and see if you can find these common homonyms. Or go to the Answers
Write Eight Sets of Homophones Think of and write eight sets of homophones. Sample answers: night/knight, I/eye, by/buy, sea/see, flu/flew, hear/here, wear/where, flower/flour.	Accept/Except Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of two commonly-misused words, accept and except, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.	Affect/Effect Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of two commonly-misused words, affect and effect, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.	Capital/Capitol Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of two commonly-misused words, capital and capitol, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.
Its/It's Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of two commonly-misused words, its and it's, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.	Principal/Principle Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of two commonly-misused words, principal and principle, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.	Who's/Whose Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of two commonly-misused words, whose and who's, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.	Your/You're Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of two commonly-misused words, your and you're, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.

There/Their/They're Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of three commonly-misused words, there, their and they're, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.

To/Too/Two Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of three commonly-misused words, to, too and two, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.

Cite/Sight/Site Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of three commonly-misused words, cite, sight and site, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.

Buy/By/Bye Commonly Misused Words - Comprehension Worksheet In this printable, students read the definitions of three commonly-misused words, buy, by and bye, then answer questions about the words and fill in the blanks in sentences. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #1 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: buy, by, bye, heal, heel, he'll, seas, sees, seize, their, there, they're, to, too, two. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #2 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: cent, scent, sent, dew, do, due, flew, flu, flue, rain, rein, reign, raise, rays, raze. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #3 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: cite, sight, site, gnu, knew, new, knead, kneed, need, pair, pare, pear, sew, so, sow. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #4 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: dear, deer, flour, flower, weather, whether, for, fore, four, praise, prays, preys, right, rite, write. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #5 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: maize, maze, sail, sale, pain, pane, passed, past, some, sum, steal, steel, oar, or, ore. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #6 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: seam, seem, lie, lye, plain, plane, one, won, hair, hare, meat, meet, way, weigh, whey. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #7 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: red, read, creak, creek, pail, pale, war, wore, loan, lone, wail, whale, teas, tease, tees. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #8 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: tacks, tax, rap, die, dye, wrap, witch, no, waist, waste, know, load, lowed. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #9 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: sole, soul, chute, shoot, peace, piece, toad, toed, towed, made, maid, tied, tide, mail, made. Or go to the answers.

Homonyms: Spelling Word Questions #10 Use the list of homonyms to answer simple questions that test understanding. Words: bare, bear, blew, blue, heard, herd, ewe, you, yew, pause, paws, sore, soar, wear, where. Or go to the answers.

Find a Pair of Homonyms for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a pair of homonyms for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.

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