Homophones — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Please put your shoes by the front door.
Your shows that something belongs to the listener, like shoes on a shoe rack.
2. I think you’re going to love this new book.
you’re is short for you are, and you are going to love the book fits the meaning.
3. The cat licked its paws after lunch.
Its shows ownership without an apostrophe, used for animals and things.
4. Look at the sky, it’s starting to rain!
it’s is short for it is, so it fits when we describe what is happening.
5. Come here and sit next to me on the bench.
Here names a place close to the speaker, so it fits with come and sit.
6. I can hear the birds singing outside my window.
Hear uses your ears, and birds singing is a sound we listen to.
7. From the hill, I could see the whole town.
See uses your eyes, and looking at a town is something we do with our eyes.
8. The boat sailed across the shiny blue sea.
Sea names a huge body of salty water where boats sail, not an action.
9. If you’re ready, grab your coat and hat now.
you’re fits because the sentence means if you are ready, showing a state.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
your
→ belongs to you
belongs to you
it’s
→ short for it is
short for it is
hear
→ use your ears
use your ears
sea
→ big salty water
big salty water
Matching words to meaning trains the brain to choose spelling from meaning, not just sound.