Sunday, January 4, 2015

Homophones.

Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings.

Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words:

1. heard 
2. knit 
3. carrot 
4. air
5. dune
6. cent
7. phase
8. gym
9. him
10. wrap 
11. time 
12. soul 
13. packed 
14. profit 
15. what 
16. flee
17. hail
18. wholly 
19. cheap 
20. be
21. dough 
22. quay 
23. muscle 
24. use 
25. prey 
26. rose 
27. would 
28. mail 
29. threw 
30. peak









Answers
1. heard / herd 
2. knit / nit
3. carrot / carat 
4. air / heir
5. dune / June
6. cent / scent
7. phase / faze
8. gym / Jim
9. him / hymn
10. wrap / rap
11. time / thyme 
12. soul / sole
13. packed / pact 
14. profit / prophet 
15. what / watt
16. flee / flea
17. hail / hale
18. wholly / holy
19. cheap / cheep 
20. be / bee
21. dough / doe
22. quay / key
23. muscle / mussel 
24. use / ewes
25. prey / pray
26. rose / rows
27. would / wood 
28. mail / male
29. threw / through 
30. peak / peek

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