Homophones

Put the fun back in reading fundamentals with an interactive set of lessons about homophones. Learners of all ages explore the relationships between words that sound the same but have different meanings, and complete a variety of fun and...

Whether or not your class has heard of homonyms, they'll herd together to complete a language instructional activity! With examples of both homophones and homonyms, the instructional activity prompts learners to come up with additional...

Pare, pair, or pear? Learners explore homophones with this dictionary skills learning exercise. They look up definitions to five sets of homophones to see how words can sound the same but have completely different meanings. There are...

What is a homophone for aloud? Or right? Fifth graders complete a list of 24 homophones, choosing another word that sounds like a given word but has a different meaning. At the bottom of the page, they write punning sentences to practice...

Getting tired of correcting to, two, and too? What about weather and whether? Use a thorough lesson on homophones and homographs to clear up those differences. Fourth and fifth graders identify which words sound the same and are spelled...

Distinguish between homophones to find the correct word that completes the provided sentence. There are a total of ten sentences, as well as a definition of homophones, and detailed directions to play the game. What a fabulous enrichment...

Homophones take center stage in this engaging, interactive slide show. Students see that homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. They consider 20 slides which have sentences with...

Identify the correct homophone using the Visual Thesaurus.  Learners recognize homophones in a reading passage from Matilda. They complete a dictation exercise, rereading for the correct homophones. Pupils self-correct using the quotes...

Just because words sound alike doesn't mean they have the same definition. After viewing a short video about homophones, learners come up with their own list of homophones.

Pail/pale, doe/dough, for/four. Here's a four-instructional activity packet that lets kids practice identifying the correct homophone to use in the context provided by sentences.