Homophones

Homophones are words with the same pronunciation but different spelling and meaning. Make sure you pronounce the second (and sometimes third) word the same as the first word, even though they look different.

1. Adam–atom
2. air–err–heir
3. aloud–allowed
4. altar–alter
5. ant–aunt
6. ate–eight
7. band-banned
8. bare–bear
9. base–bass
10. be–bee
11. beat–beet
12. berry–bury
13. billed–build
14. blew–blue
15. board–bored
16. brake–break
17. buy–by–bye
18. caller–collar
19. cell–sell
20. cent–sent–scent
21. chili–chilly–Chile
22. chews–choose
23. cite–site –sight
24. close–clothes
25. core-corps
26. course–coarse
27. dear–deer
28. die–dye
29. do–due–dew
30. finish–Finnish
31. feudal–futile
32. flea–flee
33. flew–flu
34. flower–flour
35. for–four
36. Greece–grease
37. guest–guessed
38. gym–Jim
39. heal–heel–he’ll
40. hear–here
41. him–hymn
42. hire–higher
43. hole–whole
44. I–eye
45. I’ll–isle–aisle
46. in–inn
47. lessen–lesson
48. maid –made
49. mail–male
50. meat–meet
51. metal–medal
52. new–knew
53. nose–knows
54. not–knot
55. nun–none
56. oh–owe
57. one–won
58. our–hour
59. pail–pale
60. pair–pare
61. past–passed
62. peace–piece
63. profit–prophet
64. rain–rein–reign
65. red–read
66. right–write
67. ring–wring
68. road–rode–rowed
69. roll–role
70. root–route
71. sail–sale
72. sea–see
73. seam–seem
74. seas–sees–seize
75. seen–scene
76. seller–cellar
77. side–sighed
78. so–sow–sew
79. some–sum
80. son–sun
81. steal–steel
82. sweet–suite
83. tail–tale
84. there–their–they’re
85. tie–Thai
86. to–too–two
87. tow–toe
88. weather–whether
89. wheel–we’ll
90. wore–war
91. worn–warn

Practice Sentences

The highlighted words are homophones, so they pronounce them the same.

1. If they hire him, he’ll have a higher salary.
2. Reading aloud is not allowed in the library.
3. I passed by your house in the past.
4. I hear that he’s been here.
5. I rode my bike on the road.
6. Her young son went out in the sun.
7. He knows about your broken nose.
8. Only one team won.
9. I read the red book.
10. I have a male mail carrier.

Practice Dialogues

1. a. Does the nun have children?
   b. No, she has none.
2. a. Have you seen it?
   b. I have never seen such a strange scene.
3. a. When did the soldier wear the uniform?
   b. He wore it in the war.
4. a. I want two, and you?
   b. I want two, too.
5. a. Are they there already?
   b. They’re already there.
   a. Where?
   b. At their uncle’s house.
6. a. You should dye your hair green.
   b. I’d rather die than dye it green.
7. a. Is the gold medal really made of gold?
   b. I think the medal is made of metal.
8. a. Did I write that correctly?
   b. Yes, that’s right.
9. a. What time did you eat?
   b. I ate at eight.
10. a. How’s the weather in Chile.
    b. Sometimes it’s chilly in Chile.
11. a. Do you know when the report is due?
    b. Yes, I do. It’s due on Tuesday.
12. a. He broke his foot and injured his heel.
    b. I hope that he’ll heal soon.
13. a. I owe ten thousand dollars.
    b. Oh, you owe so much.
14. a. Do you want to sail the boat today?
    b. I can’t. My favorite store has a big sale.