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Homophones Worksheet

The document contains a lullaby and poem that use homophones incorrectly. It asks the reader to circle the incorrect homophones and rewrite the sentences correctly. It also contains explanations of commonly confused homophones like to/too/two, your/you're, their/they're/there, and its/it's to help the reader identify mistakes.

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Homophones Worksheet

The document contains a lullaby and poem that use homophones incorrectly. It asks the reader to circle the incorrect homophones and rewrite the sentences correctly. It also contains explanations of commonly confused homophones like to/too/two, your/you're, their/they're/there, and its/it's to help the reader identify mistakes.

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Looks like someone mixed up their homophones!

Circle the homophones in the


lullaby and re-write the sentences with the correct words.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, _____________________________

How eye wonder what ewe are. _____________________________

Up above the whirled sew hi, _____________________________

Like a diamond inn the sky. _____________________________

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, _____________________________

How eye wonder what ewe are. __________________________________

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‘Eye Have a Spelling Chequer’ (I Have a Spelling Checker) is a poem written


almost entirely with homophones!
Read it and see how many homophones you can find (there are lots!).

Eye Have a Spelling Chequer

Eye have a spelling chequer


It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye can knot sea.

Eye strike a quay and type a word


And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid

It nose bee fore two long


And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it


I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

(Sauce unknown)
Circle the correct words in the poem below:

I’m All Mixed Up!

I’m all mixed up!


I need help from you.
How do I no/know
Why the sky is blue/blew?
I do knot/not know.
I wish I new/knew!

Is my sister aged for/four or too/to/two?


Eye/I am named Marie.
She is named Be/Bee/Bea.
We eat red/read berries
By/Buy the water at the see/sea.

I have a whole/hole day of work to do!


I’ll so/sew a button
on the coat you wear/where.
I’ll write/right a letter to my father/farther
Then I’ll/aisle/isle meet/meat you/ewe at the fair/fare!

I’m all mixed up!

Circle the correct words to complete these sentences:

1. She was stung by a bee/be.


2. That present is four/fore/for you.
3. After her illness, she looked very pail/pale.
4. I would like some more/moore chocolate cake please.
5. The sign says we should go this weigh/way.
6. His T-shirt was too/two small because he had groan/grown so tall.
7. I scent/sent a letter in the male/mail.
8. The son/sun is shining today.
9. What a pretty flour/flower!
10. I missed/mist you when you were gone.
Commonly confused homophones.
They’re tricky to get right, but it’s easy when your teacher explains it like this!

to / too / two
to – a direction or preposition e.g. I’m going to school.
e.g. We need to go now.

too – as well/also, too much e.g. I’m going to school, too.


e.g. We have too much homework.

two – the number 2 e.g. I have two literacy classes today.


e.g. Our last class starts at two o’clock.

your / you’re
your – shows possession/ownership e.g. Your story was really interesting!
(possessive pronoun) e.g. Did you do your homework?

you’re – a contraction of ‘you are’. e.g. You’re so funny!


e.g. You’re in year 7.

their / they’re / there


their – shows possession/ownership e.g. Their names are Jack and Jill.
(possessive pronoun) e.g. I’m going to their new house.

they’re – a contraction for ‘they are’ e.g. They’re at the market.


e.g. They’re not very nice apples.

there – a place e.g. The market is just over there.


- with the verb ‘to be’ e.g. There are a lot of homophones
(e.g. am, are, is, was, were) in the English language!

its / it’s
its – shows possession / ownership e.g. That dog is chasing its tail!
(possessive pronoun) e.g. What is its name?

it’s – a contraction for ‘it is’ e.g. It’s time to go.


or ‘it has’ e.g. It’s been a long time since St. Kilda
won the Grand Final.

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