Homophones

Homophones

by cindy lopez

​Spelling Words

• Tail​

• ​Tale

• ​Steal

• ​Steal

• ​Pain

• ​Pane

• ​Higher

• ​Hire

• ​Waist

• ​Waste

• ​Groan

• ​Grown

• ​Wait

• ​Weight

• ​Shone

• ​Shown

• ​Peace

• ​Piece

• ​Toad

• ​Towed

​Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. The vowel sounds in homophones are spelled differently.

​The Spelling Concept

​Long a Tail Tale

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Long e Steal Steel

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Long i Higher Hire

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Long o Toad Towed

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​Word Sort

​Long a

​Long e

​Long i

​Long o

​Word Sort

​Long a

• ​Tail​

• ​Tale

• ​​Pain

• ​Pane

• ​​Waist

• ​Waste

• ​​Wait

• ​Weight

​Long e

• ​​Steal

• ​Steal

• ​​Peace

• ​Piece

​Long i

• ​​Higher

• ​Hire

​Long o

• ​Groan

• ​Grown

• ​​Shone

• ​Shown

• ​​Toad

• ​Towed

​Word Sort

​Long a

• ​Tail​

• ​Tale

• ​​Pain

• ​Pane

• ​​Waist

• ​Waste

• ​​Wait

• ​Weight

​Long e

• ​​Steal

• ​Steel

• ​​Peace

• ​Piece

​Long i

• ​​Higher

• ​Hire

​Long o

• ​Groan

• ​Grown

• ​​Shone

• ​Shown

• ​​Toad

• ​Towed

Open Ended

Which words in the daffynition are homophones? Write them.

(What do you call a broken window?)

Fill in the Blank

A frogs cousin is called a ____.

Fill in the Blank

A parked car can be _____.

Fill in the Blank

A storyteller tells a ____.

Fill in the Blank

The dog wags its bushy ____.

Fill in the Blank

Wear a belt around your _____.

Fill in the Blank

Throwing away food is a real _____.

Fill in the Blank

These are the flowers that I have _____.

Fill in the Blank

I let out a sigh and then a _____.

Fill in the Blank

The pie was fresh, and I cut a _____.

Fill in the Blank

What I like is quiet and _____.

​Change the letter to make it make sense!

1. ​climb sigher

2. ​a heavy freight

3. ​sparkled and lone

4. ​a long, boring gait

5. ​presented or blown

6. ​a taxi for tire

7. ​window crane

8. ​a real squeal

9. ​a metal called kneel

10. ​an ache or brain

​Write two sentences. in each sentence use a pair is homophones

​ex: I told a tale about a dog wagging his tail.

​A toad parked his car and it got towed.

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