Homophones Fill in the Blank Worksheet - Free Printable

Let's solve this worksheet step by step.

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Part 1: Write the correct homophone in these sentences.

We need to choose the correct word from the given pair based on meaning and context.

1. Lions love to eat _________ (meat/meet)
- *Meat* is food; *meet* means to come together.
- Lions eat meat.
✔ Answer: meat

2. The land in the dessert is normally a _________ (plain/plane)
- *Dessert* is a sweet dish; *dessert* (a region) is likely a typo for desert.
- The land in the desert is usually a plain (flat area).
- *Plane* is an aircraft or flat surface.
✔ Answer: plain

3. It was very tough to _________ (rain/rein/reign) the horse.
- *Rain*: fall of water from sky
- *Rein*: a strap used to control a horse
- *Reign*: rule, period of time
- To control a horse, you use reins.
✔ Answer: rein

4. We will see _________ (weather/whether), we will go out today or no.
- *Weather* refers to atmospheric conditions.
- *Whether* means "if" or "in case" – used here to express uncertainty.
✔ Answer: whether

5. The car met with an accident as the driver could not apply the _________ (brake/break) on time
- *Brake*: device to stop a vehicle
- *Break*: pause or fracture
- You apply the brake to stop a car.
✔ Answer: brake

6. Mom asked Jim to _________ (grate/great) the cucumber for salad
- *Grate*: rub something against a grater to shred it
- *Great*: large or excellent
- You grate vegetables like cucumbers.
✔ Answer: grate

7. It is not _________ (fair/fare) to criticise anyone in public
- *Fair*: just, reasonable
- *Fare*: money paid for transport, or food
- It’s not fair to criticize someone publicly.
✔ Answer: fair

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Part 2: Write appropriate Homophones or near-homophones of the word given.

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings/spellings.

1. weather → whether
- Both pronounced /ˈweðər/
✔ Answer: whether

2. medal → meddle
- *Medal*: award; *meddle*: interfere
- Sounds similar? Not exactly, but close. Better option: metal (pronounced /ˈmetl/, same as medal?)
- Actually, medal and metal are near-homophones — both pronounced /ˈmedl/ in some accents.
- But better homophones: medal and meddle? No.
- Actually, medal has no perfect homophone, but medal and metal are often confused due to pronunciation.
- Alternatively, medal and meddle aren't homophones.
- Best answer: metal (near-homophone, same pronunciation in many dialects)
✔ Answer: metal

3. whose → who’s
- *Whose*: possessive form of who
- *Who’s*: contraction of “who is” or “who has”
- They sound the same: /huːz/
✔ Answer: who’s

4. groan → grown
- *Groan*: a low sound of pain
- *Grown*: past participle of grow
- Pronounced /ɡroʊn/ — same sound
✔ Answer: grown

5. here → hear
- *Here*: place
- *Hear*: listen
- Same pronunciation: /hɪər/
✔ Answer: hear

6. heel → heal
- *Heel*: back of foot
- *Heal*: recover from injury
- Pronounced /hiːl/ — same sound
✔ Answer: heal

7. knot → not
- *Knot*: tied loop
- *Not*: negative word
- Pronounced /nɒt/ or /not/ — same
✔ Answer: not

8. mail → male
- *Mail*: letters, postal service
- *Male*: gender
- Pronounced /meɪl/ — same
✔ Answer: male

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✔ Final Answers:

#### Part 1:
1. meat
2. plain
3. rein
4. whether
5. brake
6. grate
7. fair

#### Part 2:
1. whether
2. metal (or medal is tricky — best is metal)
3. who’s
4. grown
5. hear
6. heal
7. not
8. male

> 💡 Note: Some words like "medal" don’t have exact homophones, but metal is a common near-homophone due to similar pronunciation.

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✔ Explanation Summary:
Homophones are words that sound the same but differ in spelling and meaning. We chose the correct one based on context in Part 1. In Part 2, we matched each word with its homophone or near-homophone by sound.

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