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Grade 3 Vocabulary Worksheet on
Homophones — words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings.
The task is:
Circle the correct homophone in each sentence.
Let’s go through each sentence one by one and explain why the correct choice is right.
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1. A [hair / hare] raced with a tortoise.
✔ Correct:
hare
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Hair = strands growing from your head or body.
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Hare = a fast-running animal, like in “The Tortoise and the Hare” fable.
→ Since it’s racing a tortoise, it must be the animal →
hare
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2. Christopher Columbus set [sail / sale] for the New World in 1492.
✔ Correct:
sail
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Sail = to travel by boat (especially with wind power).
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Sale = when things are sold at reduced prices.
→ Columbus traveled by ship →
sail
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3. Please, [wait / weight] just a moment!
✔ Correct:
wait
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Wait = to stay in place until something happens.
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Weight = how heavy something is.
→ You’re asking someone to pause →
wait
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4. They started working [right / write] away.
✔ Correct:
right
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Right = immediately (as in “right away”) or correct.
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Write = to put words on paper.
→ The phrase is “right away” meaning “immediately” →
right
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5. Many trees lose [there / their] leaves in the winter.
✔ Correct:
their
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There = indicating a place (“over there”).
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Their = possessive form of “they” (belonging to them).
→ The leaves belong to the trees →
their
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6. Butter is [made / maid] from milk.
✔ Correct:
made
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Made = past tense of “make” → created or produced.
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Maid = a female servant.
→ Butter is *produced* from milk →
made
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7. He spent the [hole / whole] day reading in bed.
✔ Correct:
whole
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Hole = an opening or empty space.
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Whole = complete or entire.
→ He spent the *entire* day reading →
whole
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8. He ran [threw / through] the woods.
✔ Correct:
through
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Threw = past tense of “throw” (to toss something).
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Through = from one side to another; moving within or across.
→ He ran *across* the woods →
through
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9. A mouse scurried out of the [hole / whole].
✔ Correct:
hole
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Hole = a small opening (like in a wall or ground).
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Whole = entire.
→ Mice live in and run out of holes →
hole
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10. I [light / write] in my diary every day.
✔ Correct:
write
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Light = not heavy, or illumination.
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Write = to record thoughts or words.
→ You record thoughts in a diary →
write
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✔ Final Answers (Circled Words):
1.
hare
2.
sail
3.
wait
4.
right
5.
their
6.
made
7.
whole
8.
through
9.
hole
10.
write
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## 💡 Teaching Tip:
Homophones can be tricky! A good way to remember them is to think about the
meaning of the sentence and what word makes sense in context — not just how it sounds.
Great job practicing this important vocabulary skill! 🍁📚
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of homophones worksheet grade 3.
