16 FREE Homonyms Worksheets

FREE Homonyms Worksheets

Welcome to the homonyms section of Busy Teacher. This is one of several subsections in the word building category. Currently there is one worksheet posted on this page but more will be added soon so check back regularly. Dominoes can be used to practice many different ESL topics and is well suited to practicing homonyms. This twist on a classic game has been used successfully by other busy teachers to work on homonyms and word building. Be sure that students know not just the pronunciation but also the meanings of all of the words before beginning the game. This activity would be best for intermediate students. Customize the dominoes as you choose and print them out on heavy duty paper to make them more durable. Some homonyms such as your and you're are especially important and require extra practice. If you have any homonyms worksheets please upload them today to help other busy teachers. All of our worksheets are free, printable, and editable so you can't go wrong starting here for lesson materials

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What Are Homonyms?
In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings. Thus homonyms are simultaneously homographs (words that share the same spelling, irrespective of their pronunciation) and homophones (words that share the same pronunciation, irrespective of their spelling). The state of being a homonym is called homonymy. Examples of homonyms are the pair stalk (part of a plant) and stalk (follow/harass a person) and the pair left (opposite of right) and left (past tense of leave). A distinction is sometimes made between "true" homonyms, which are unrelated in origin, such as skate (glide on ice) and skate (the fish), and polysemous homonyms, or polysemes, which have a shared origin, such as mouth (of a river) and mouth (of an animal). In non-technical contexts, the term "homonym" may be used (somewhat confusingly) to refer to words that are either homographs or homophones.
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Halloween Homophones Lesson – ESL Spelling and Writing Worksheet

Halloween Homophones Lesson – ESL Spelling and Writing Worksheet

Jennifer Thompson
  This ESL Spelling and Writing Halloween worksheet is a lesson on homophones and homonyms and teaches students the difference between which, witch, and -wich. It follows a short animated ...
1 Views 18,337 BegElem
Power Point Song – Behind Blue Eyes By Limp Bizkit

Power Point Song – Behind Blue Eyes By Limp Bizkit

This is a multiple way of practicing English from listening comprehension to grammar rules. There are a variety of methods to teach students by using songs. Students can watch and listen to ...
1 Views 7,324 Pre-IntIntAdv
Confusing Words

Confusing Words

kristine44
  This is worksheet has 10 pages with 40 exercises to practise confusing words, such as homophones, verbs vs. adjectives and nouns vs. It’s suitable for different levels. The words ...
1 Views 11,217 Pre-IntInt
Confusing Words

Confusing Words

  This worksheet consists of ten pages with more than 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc...) to practise on confusing words.  In alphabetica ...
1 Views 10,933 Pre-IntIntAdv
Confusing words – Part 9

Confusing words – Part 9

  This worksheet to practise confusing words has 40 exercises. For different levels, it includes homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, all in alphabetical order, with contents ...
1 Views 9,070 Pre-IntIntAdv
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Confusing Words Practice - Part 5

Confusing Words Practice - Part 5

kristine44
This is worksheet is to practice on confusing words. There are 8 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc.…) total, but you can break them up into shorte ...
1 Views 24,180 Pre-IntInt
Confusing words - part 7

Confusing words - part 7

This is worksheet no. seven to practise on confusing words. 10 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc... Different levels. In alphabetical order, with content ...
1 Views 17,040 Pre-IntIntAdv
Confusing words - part 5

Confusing words - part 5

kristine44
This is worksheet no. five to practise on confusing words. 8 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc.…). Different levels. In alphabetical order, with c ...
1 Views 13,942 Pre-IntInt
Homonyms Crossword

Homonyms Crossword

Ruth Pardiñas
Homonyms,
An activity that allows upper-intermediate and advanced learners to revise some general vocabulary. The clues are definitions of the words needed to complete the crossword, all of which have homo ...
1 Views 18,842 Adv
Confusing Words - Part 6

Confusing Words - Part 6

kristine44
This is worksheet number six to practise on confusing words. 10 pages, 40 exercises (homophones, verbs vs. adjectives, nouns vs. verbs, etc.…). Different levels. In alphabetical order, wit ...
1 Views 29,244 Pre-IntInt
Maybe vs. May Be Practice Worksheet

Maybe vs. May Be Practice Worksheet

» » Homonyms
Help your students learn to distinguish between maybe and may be with this worksheet that offers 10 fill in the blank sentences. Students must choose whether maybe or may be fits in each blank. Fi ...
1 Views 15,368 ElemInt
Homophone Pairs Game

Homophone Pairs Game

, Homonyms,
This worksheet contains 28 pairs of homophones. It can be used to focus on the pronunciation of some everyday vocabulary. All the words may be cut out and then put back together in pairs using dif ...
7 Views 45,860 All
Which Homonym?

Which Homonym?

, , Homonyms
Homonyms are words that sound like one another but have different meanings. This English resource was created for primary/elementary students. Students are asked to read the sentences and choose t ...
11 Views 43,726 Elem
Homophones and Homonyms

Homophones and Homonyms

Homonyms,
It is prepared by one of my students and it is really funny and enjoyable. As she presents her subject through cartoons and pictures, it becomes more understandable and easy to grasp the differenc ...
17 Views 57,625 Adv
Homographs

Homographs

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Homographs are introduced to students through examples with their phonetic script and proper pictures. Also their meanings are given so that students could understand the pronunciation difference. ...
5 Views 18,740 Adv
Phonetics Card Game

Phonetics Card Game

2 Teams of  2 players (a clue giver and a guesser), a deck of 44 cards, a timer (2mn rounds). Find and Pronounce as many words as possible. Rules: - the clue giver draws a ...
14 Views 30,445 Int
A Strange Tuesday - Homonymous

A Strange Tuesday - Homonymous

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This worksheet fits the homonyms problems. I developed it thinking about the difficulties faced by my students when words with identical sounds appear in texts and listenings. Teacher should first ...
14 Views 21,763 Pre-IntIntAdv
Homographs Worksheet

Homographs Worksheet

, Homonyms
This is a 2-page worksheet for teaching homographs at elementary level. The first page is basically just a just sheet, which can also be used as a picture dictionary, and the second page has an ac ...
10 Views 32,751 ElemPre-Int
Homonyms

Homonyms

This worksheet on two pages is about homonyms. Students must choose the right word in each sentence and then think of their own pair of words and provide examples. It can be used on its own or alo ...
22 Views 50,182 Pre-Int
Homonyms List

Homonyms List

Homonyms,
Homonyms can be confusing. Here is a summary of homonyms that will be useful for ESL learners to practice their pronunciation. For example, when teacher explains how to pronounce 'bear', they can ...
19 Views 53,770 All
Song Worksheet: Call Me Maybe by Carly Rea Jepsen

Song Worksheet: Call Me Maybe by Carly Rea Jepsen

This song activity presents the topic of homophones and spelling. It is a good task to help review spelling and general knowledge of vocabulary. It can be used without the song in which teachers h ...
14 Views 24,098 Pre-IntIntAdv
Crossword Puzzle on Homographs

Crossword Puzzle on Homographs

A crossword puzzle on homographs (homonyms) I did on my own. In the first task, the students need to find the words as described below. In the second task, they need to find the other definitions ...
12 Views 22,463 IntAdv
Homonyms Domino

Homonyms Domino

Homonyms,
After vacation, let your students have fun in class with this game! Play domino and review some homonyms at the same time. Each of the words has been carefully chosen, so that there is variety in ...
19 Views 38,301 IntAdv

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