PRIMARY ENGLISH STAGE 6

Worksheet 42: Homophones

1. Complete these sentences using homophone pairs from the table below. [20]

through hear tide past guessed

threw here tied passed guest
fair break mist flour sale
fare brake missed flower sail

a) Mr. Duffy had trouble fixing his son’s bike ____________. He figured it would
_____________ if he didn’t repair it.
b) Jenna put a cup of _____________ in the bowl as her sister walked in with a
_____________ in a vase.
c) Do you ___________ the thunder in the distance? I hope the storm doesn’t come
___________.
d) We’re going to ___________ to Bermuda, where have a great ___________ of
Bermuda shorts.
e) Jerry ____________ the basketball ____________ the hoop.
f) The students had to pay a taxi _____________ to travel to the country
_____________.
g) Joe noticed the _____________ was rising, so he _____________ up his lobster boat
to the dock.
h) The ____________ was so thick that the team almost ___________ arriving to the
game on time.
i) The jogger ______________ the town hall, noticing that its clock read half
__________ two.
j) The hotel ______________, _______________that he had missed breakfast, when he
saw the waiter serving sandwiches in the restaurant.

© CambriLearn – All Rights Reserved

 PRIMARY ENGLISH STAGE 6

2. There are two or more homophones in each sentence. Read the sentences carefully and
then underline the homophones [25]

a) The wind blew my blue shirt into the pool.

b) Cheryl rode along as we rowed the boat from the island to the lakeside road.
c) I’ve never seen such a beautiful scene.
d) We want a site for our home that will be out of sight.
e) The seam in the tent doesn’t seem to hold back the rain.
f) I knew they had a new gnu at the zoo.
g) Some people know that you add to find the sum.
h) I ate the eight cakes that were on my plate.
i) How many ways can I tell him that he weighs too much?
j) They banned the crude band from playing at the concert.
k) We must raze the old building before the sun’s rays can raise the temperature.

© CambriLearn – All Rights Reserved