1. Homophones
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things

2. meet
meat

3. meet
meat

4. It was nice to meet a new friend.
meat
It was nice to meet a new friend.
The meat tasted good at dinner.

5. eight
ate

6. eight
ate

7. ate eight The man ate all of his food.
The number eight came after the number seven.
The man ate all of his food.

8. heard
herd

9. heard
herd

10. heard herd The herd of sheep crossed the road.
I heard the baby crying loudly.

11. pair
pear

12. pair
pear

13. I have a pair of boots in my closet.
pear
I have a pair of boots in my closet.
I had a pear in my lunch box.

14. through
threw

15. through
threw

16. through threw We drove through the tunnel.
The baseball pitcher threw the ball.

17. be
bee

18. be
bee

19. be
bee
It is fun to be at the park.
The bee almost stung me.

20. know no

21. know no

22. know no My mom said no about me staying over.
I know there is something tricky about his word.

23. made
maid

24. made
maid

25. made
maid
The maid cleaned our hotel room.
I made my mom a picture.

26. knows
nose

27. knows
nose

28. knows
nose
My nose smelled the brownies.
He knows the answer.

29. flower
flour

30. flower
flour

31. flour flower I used flour to make the cake.
The pretty flower grew in my garden.

32. blew
blue

33. blew
blue

34. My dad bought me a new blue ball. The wind blew very hard last night.

35. mail
male

36. mail
male

37. There was one letter in the mail for me. My dad is male.

38. dear
deer

39. dear
deer

40. dear deer Dear Mom, I love you very, very much!
There was a deer in our backyard.

41. pause
paws

42. pause
paws

43. pause
paws
I pushed the pause button to stop the movie for a minute.
The dog’s paws were all muddy from being outside.

44. whole
hole

45. whole
hole

46. I ate the whole sandwich!
The rabbit came out of the hole.

47. tail
tale

48. tail
tale

49. tail
tale
The cat’s tail is very long and furry.
The tale about Frog and Toad was very funny.

50. ant
aunt

51. ant
aunt

52. ant aunt The ant ate our food at the picnic.
My aunt came over to my house last night.

53. one
won

54. one
won

55. My daughter is one year old.
won
My daughter is one year old.
The team won a trophy for playing fair.

56. hear
here

57. hear
here

58. hear here She is here at my house.
I can hear the birds chirping outside.
She is here at my house.

59. four
for

60. four
for

61. four for This present is for you.
There are four letters in the word four.
This present is for you.

62. by
bye
buy

63. by
bye
buy

64. by bye I waved bye to my friend. buy
My mom went to the store to buy me something.
We walked by the lake.
I waved bye to my friend.

65. there
they’re
their

66. there
they’re
(they are)
their

67. The library is over there.
they’re
(they are)
their
The library is over there.
Their dog ran away.
They’re a really nice class of kids.