Spelling homophones | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Select the pair of homophones.

• currently

• current

• currant

• coherent

Answer explanation

'Current' and 'currant' are homophones. They sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. The word 'currant' is a type of fruit. The word 'current' is the direction of the flow of water.

Match the homophones.

• groan

• piece

• plain

• grown

• berry

• bury

• peace

• plane

Answer explanation

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings.

Tick the sentence in which the homophone in bold has been spelt correctly.

• The hiker felt a sharp pain in his heel.

• The hiker felt a sharp pain in his heal.

• The hiker felt a sharp pain in his he'll.

Answer explanation

Heel, heal and he'll are all homophones. He'll is a contraction and doesn't work. Heal is a verb and doesn't work. Heel is a noun and part of the foot which works in this context.

Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. We spent a relaxing day at the beech.

• beach

• beche

• bech

• biech

Answer explanation

The correct spelling is 'beach'. 'Beach' and 'beech' are homophones. A way to help you remember the spelling of each word is: 'beech' has 'ee' like tree and 'beach' has 'ea' like the sea.

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. I ate a tasty pees of pie.

• peace

• piece

• peas

• peece

Answer explanation

The words 'piece' and 'peace' are homophones. 'Piece' means a portion of something. A way to remember this spelling is: I ate a piece of pie. Piece contains pie.

Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold. Walk in a strate line.

• strait

• straight

• streight

• straet

Answer explanation

'Straight' is the correct spelling. The word 'strait' is a homophone, meaning a narrow passage of water. A mnemonic device may help you remember this rare spelling of the 'ay' sound.