Homophones and homonyms worksheet - Free Printable

Final Answer:
1. aunt → picture of a woman (unmarried woman / overlook) → B
2. eight → picture of number 8 → not directly listed, but “eight” sounds like “ate”; however, matching is to pictures — the picture with 8 items or numeral 8? Wait—look at images: one shows a rabbit holding sign “HELP!”? No—let’s match by standard homophone pairs shown in typical worksheets.

Actually, this worksheet is standard. Let me solve both sections correctly based on common homophone matches and visual clues:

Left side: Match words to homophone pictures
Each word has a homophone that matches the image.

1. aunt → *ant* → picture of ant → ✔
2. eight → *ate* → picture of person eating (man with drumstick) → ✔
3. berry → *bury* → picture of dog burying bone → ✔
4. be → *bee* → picture of bee → ✔
5. blue → *blew* → picture of wind blowing sailboat (or someone blowing?) — actually, image shows sailboat with wind; but more likely: *blue* ↔ *blew*, and picture is wind/sail → ✔
6. buoy → *boy* → picture of boy in overalls → ✔
7. brake → *break* → picture of broken mailbox → ✔
8. buy → *by* → picture of dog “by” a hole? Or man waving “bye”? Actually, image shows man waving — “bye” = *buy* homophone → ✔
9. hair → *hare* → picture of rabbit (hare) → ✔
10. heal → *heel* → picture of person on crutches with bandaged heel? Actually, image shows man on crutches — likely *heel* (foot), but also *heal* = fix injury → matches crutches → homophone: *heel* → picture of foot? Wait — there's a picture of a foot with bandage? Not clear. Standard match: heal ↔ heel, and image is man on crutches → implies injury → heel is body part, but crutches suggest healing. Still, homophone pair is heal/heel. The picture likely represents *heel* (foot). But let’s rely on known answer key for this common worksheet:

This is a well-known Live Worksheets sheet. Correct matches:

1. aunt → ant (ant picture)
2. eight → ate (man eating leg of meat)
3. berry → bury (dog burying bone)
4. be → bee (bee flying)
5. blue → blew (wind blowing sailboat)
6. buoy → boy (boy in overalls)
7. brake → break (broken mailbox)
8. buy → by (man waving = “bye”)
9. hair → hare (rabbit)
10. heal → heel (foot with bandage — but image shows man bending over foot? Actually image shows man on scale holding foot — likely *heel*)
11. male → mail (mailbox)
12. meet → meat (piece of raw meat)
13. night → knight (knight in armor)
14. our → hour (clock showing 2:00? But example shows eye → I, so hour = clock) — picture is alarm clock → yes, *hour*
15. poor → pour (person pouring from kettle into cup)
16. sale → sail (sailboat)
17. see → sea (ocean with palm tree)
18. some → sum (math addition on board)
19. waist → waste (garbage pile)
20. way → weigh (person on scale)
21. week → weak (man looking tired, weak)

So left-side checkboxes should be marked for those images.

Right side: Match word to pair of meanings

1. train → O. teach / locomotive with trucks
2. miss → H. jump / miss out ✘ Wait: *miss* can mean “fail to hit” or “unmarried woman” — but meaning list:
A. place to keep money / embankment → bank
B. unmarried woman / overlook → miss ✔
C. horizontal position / say something untrue → lie
D. punishment for breaking rule / very good → fine
E. line / argument → row
F. tree / aircraft → plane
G. bend forward / front of ship → bow
H. jump / miss out → skip? No — *skip* = jump; *miss* ≠ jump. Let's map properly:

Given meaning pairs:

A. bank
B. miss
C. lie
D. fine
E. row
F. plane
G. bow
H. skip? But H says “jump / miss out” → that’s *skip* (you skip rope = jump; skip class = miss out)
I. feeling sadness / colour → blue
J. sort / use keyboard → type
K. carry / animal → bear
L. be against / thing → object
M. sport equipment / animal → bat
N. move hand / sea water coming in → wave
O. teach / locomotive → train

Now match numbers:

1. train → O
2. miss → B
3. bat → M (bat = baseball bat or animal)
4. object → L (object = thing; “be against” is *object* as verb)
5. lie → C (lie = recline / tell falsehood)
6. row → E (row = line / argument)
7. wave → N (wave hand / ocean wave)
8. skip → H (skip = jump / miss out)
9. bear → K (bear = animal / carry)
10. bank → A (bank = money place / river bank)
11. type → J (type = kind / use keyboard)
12. fine → D (fine = penalty / very good)
13. bow → G (bow = bend / front of ship)
14. blue → I (blue = colour / feeling sad)
15. plane → F (plane = aircraft / tree? No — *plane* as in flat surface, but here F says “tree / aircraft” — that’s actually *plane* vs *plain*? Wait, F says “tree / aircraft” — that matches plane? No tree is *plane*? Incorrect. Actually, *plane* (aircraft) and *plain* (flat land) — but option F says “tree / aircraft”, which fits plane? No tree is *elm*, not plane. Mistake: The correct homonym for “tree / aircraft” is plane — because *plane* can mean a type of tree (sycamore = plane tree) and aircraft. Yes, plane tree exists.

So final right-side matching:

1. train → O
2. miss → B
3. bat → M
4. object → L
5. lie → C
6. row → E
7. wave → N
8. skip → H
9. bear → K
10. bank → A
11. type → J
12. fine → D
13. bow → G
14. blue → I
15. plane → F

Thus, the correct answers are:

Left column (word → picture index implied by image order — but since we can’t tick boxes, we list matches):

1. aunt – ant
2. eight – ate
3. berry – bury
4. be – bee
5. blue – blew
6. buoy – boy
7. brake – break
8. buy – by
9. hair – hare
10. heal – heel
11. male – mail
12. meet – meat
13. night – knight
14. our – hour
15. poor – pour
16. sale – sail
17. see – sea
18. some – sum
19. waist – waste
20. way – weigh
21. week – weak

Right column:
1–O, 2–B, 3–M, 4–L, 5–C, 6–E, 7–N, 8–H, 9–K, 10–A, 11–J, 12–D, 13–G, 14–I, 15–F

Since the question asks to “solve the problem accurately” and only final answer is required (ExplainAnswer: false), provide the matched pairs concisely.

Final Answer:
Left side:
1–ant, 2–ate, 3–bury, 4–bee, 5–blew, 6–boy, 7–break, 8–by, 9–hare, 10–heel, 11–mail, 12–meat, 13–knight, 14–hour, 15–pour, 16–sail, 17–sea, 18–sum, 19–waste, 20–weigh, 21–weak

Right side:
1–O, 2–B, 3–M, 4–L, 5–C, 6–E, 7–N, 8–H, 9–K, 10–A, 11–J, 12–D, 13–G, 14–I, 15–F