Homophone Sets worksheet for students to practice using homophones in context, featuring engaging images and sentence completion exercises.

This worksheet is titled “Homophone Sets”, which means you need to fill in each blank with a word that sounds the same as another word (a homophone), but has a different meaning and often different spelling — based on context and the accompanying image clues.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one, using context + image clues to find the correct homophones.

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1. ___ bus ride lasts for an ___.

Image clue: A bus parked near water.
- First blank: “A” → *a* (indefinite article)
- Second blank: “hour” → because “an hour” is correct grammar, and “hour” sounds like “our”
✔ Answer: A, hour

*(Homophone pair: hour / our)*

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2. It took them one ___ to strengthen their ___ muscles.

Image clue: Two women lifting weights.
- First blank: “hour” → time spent exercising
- Second blank: “core” → core muscles (abdominal area)
✔ Answer: hour, core

*(Homophone pair: hour / our; core / corps — though “corps” isn’t relevant here, “core” is the intended word)*

> Note: “Core” and “corps” are homophones, but “corps” is military. “Core muscles” is correct.

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3. The bottle of ___ had a picture of a ___ that sat under a ___ tree.

Image clue: Bottle with tree label + monkey sitting under tree.
- First blank: “ale” → beer/bottle drink
- Second blank: “monkey” → animal shown
- Third blank: “palm” → palm tree (image shows tropical setting)
✔ Answer: ale, monkey, palm

*(Homophone pairs: ale / ail; palm / psalm)*

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4. The monkey in the ___ she read had a bushy ___.

Image clue: Monkey with big tail.
- First blank: “book” → she read it → book
- Second blank: “tail” → bushy tail (monkey’s tail)
✔ Answer: book, tail

*(Homophone pair: tail / tale)*

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5. The ___ the teacher gave us had ___ multiplication questions.

Image clue: Book or workbook being held.
- First blank: “book” → assignment given by teacher
- Second blank: “eight” → number of questions? But image doesn’t show number… wait — maybe “ate”?
Wait — let’s think: “had ___ multiplication questions” — likely a number.
But “eight” and “ate” are homophones.

Is there a better fit? Maybe “test”? Not a homophone.

Actually — perhaps:
✔ Answer: test, eight

*(Homophone pair: eight / ate)*

> “The test the teacher gave us had eight multiplication questions.” Makes sense.

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6. She blew ___ onto his ___ to get rid of the sand.

Image clue: Bottle (maybe blowing air?) — but not clear. Let’s think context.
- Blowing something onto his... hand? face?
Wait — common phrase: “blew sand off his hands” — but then first blank?

Alternative: “She blew air onto his hair” — but “air” and “heir”?

Better fit:
✔ Answer: air, hair

*(Homophone pair: air / heir)*

> “She blew air onto his hair to get rid of the sand.” — plausible if sand was in his hair.

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7. She drew a ___ hat on the box ___ was empty.

Image clue: Hand drawing on paper, box with witch hat inside.
- First blank: “witch” → witch’s hat (image shows witch hat)
- Second blank: “which” → relative pronoun (the box which was empty)
✔ Answer: witch, which

*(Homophone pair: witch / which)*

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8. ___ mother collects them over ___ each evening at 3 o'clock.

Image clue: Book — maybe “her” mother? But homophone needed.

Think: “Her mother” — “her” and “hear”?

But “over ___” — maybe “here”?

Wait — “Her mother collects them over here each evening…”

That works!

✔ Answer: Her, here

*(Homophone pair: her / hear; here / hear — actually “here” and “hear” are homophones)*

> “Her mother collects them over here each evening at 3 o’clock.”

Perfect.

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9. ___ are you going to ___ that dress?

Image clue: Blue dress.
- First blank: “When” → when are you going to wear it?
- Second blank: “wear” → wear the dress
✔ Answer: When, wear

*(Homophone pair: when / wren; wear / where — close! “wear” and “where” are homophones)*

> Actually — “Where are you going to wear that dress?” makes more sense than “When”.

Let’s reevaluate:

If it’s “Where are you going to wear that dress?” — that’s logical.

✔ Better answer: Where, wear

*(Homophone pair: where / wear)*

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10. The book he ___ to us had a ___ cover.

Image clue: Book.
- First blank: “gave” → past tense of give
- Second blank: “blue” → color of cover? But image doesn’t show color. Wait — homophone?

“Gave” and “grave”? No.

Wait — maybe “lent”? Not homophone.

Another idea: “read” → “He read to us” — but “read” and “red”?

Yes!

✔ Answer: read, red

*(Homophone pair: read / red — pronounced “red” in past tense)*

> “The book he read to us had a red cover.” — makes sense.

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11. The ___ were sold in ___ at the market.

Image clue: Dress again? Or maybe “pears” and “pairs”?

Wait — “The ___ were sold in ___” — plural items sold in some unit.

Common: “The pears were sold in pairs at the market.” — but “pears” and “pairs” are homophones!

✔ Answer: pears, pairs

*(Homophone pair: pears / pairs)*

> “The pears were sold in pairs at the market.” — unusual but grammatically possible.

Alternatively: “peas” and “peace”? Doesn’t fit.

“Pears/pairs” is best fit.

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12. Most people ___ with their ___ hands.

Image clue: Hands — probably right hand.
- First blank: “write” → most people write with their...
- Second blank: “right” → right hand
✔ Answer: write, right

*(Homophone pair: write / right)*

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## ✔ Final Answers:

1. A, hour
2. hour, core
3. ale, monkey, palm
4. book, tail
5. test, eight
6. air, hair
7. witch, which
8. Her, here
9. Where, wear
10. read, red
11. pears, pairs
12. write, right

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## 📝 Explanation Summary:

Each sentence uses homophones — words that sound alike but have different meanings/spellings. You must use context and image clues to choose the correct word for each blank. For example:

- “hour” vs. “our” — “an hour” is time, “our” is possessive.
- “tail” vs. “tale” — monkey has a tail, not a tale (story).
- “witch” vs. “which” — drawing a witch’s hat, not “which hat”.
- “write” vs. “right” — people write with their right hand.

This exercise helps reinforce vocabulary, spelling, and context clues — essential skills for reading and writing!

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