Homophones and Homographs Practice
A Grade 3 worksheet to practice identifying and using homophones and homographs correctly in sentences.
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Homophones and Homographs Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. Remember, homophones sound the same but have different meanings and spellings (like 'to' and 'too'). Homographs are spelled the same but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations (like 'bat' the animal and 'bat' for baseball).
Circle the correct homophone to complete each sentence.
1. I like to eat (pear/pair) with cheese.
2. My cat has a long (tail/tale).
3. Can you (see/sea) the boat?
4. We went (to/too/two) the park.
5. The sun is very (bright/write) today.
Read each sentence. The underlined word is a homograph. Write two different meanings for each underlined word.
1. The baseball player hit the ball with a wooden <u>bat</u>.
2. We need to <u>read</u> the book for class tomorrow.
3. The wind will <u>bow</u> the trees.
Match each word on the left with its homophone on the right.
1. sun
a. knew
2. new
b. son
3. ate
c. eight
4. flour
d. flower
Write two sentences for each homograph below, using a different meaning for the word in each sentence.
1. ring
2. fair
3. present
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