The English language is filled with words that sound the same (homophones), but have different spellings and meanings. This powerpoint has a guessing game, writing activity, and speaking activity.

1. Homophones
homo = same
phone = sound
Words that sound the same, but have
different meanings.

2. The following words are homophones.
be bee
ate eight
sun son
hole whole

3. For example:
This is a Teddy BEAR and their feet are
BARE.

4. Let’s see how many you know!

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16. Homophone tongue twister
How much wood would a woodchuck
chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
wood? He would chuck, he would, as
much as he could, and chuck as much
wood as a woodchuck would if a
woodchuck could chuck wood.

17. Homophone tongue twister
One-one was a race horse.
Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one too.

18. Writing Activity
buy / bye /by Example: I will buy a car by next Tuesday, so I can say, “Bye” to
taking the bus. 
hour /our
one / won
four / for
flour / flower
ate / eight

19. More homophones!
hi / high new / knew
tail / tale to / too / two
through / threw where / wear
would / wood night / knight
meet / meat pair / pare
week / weak sum / some
your / you’re not / knot
sew / so witch / which
plain / plane there / their / they’re
no / know need / kneed
beat / beet

20. Speaking & Listening Activity
• Your teacher will put you in pairs.
• You will take turns saying a sentence using one of
the two homophones in the list on the previous
slide.
• Listen to your partner carefully and write down
the word you hear.
Ex: (through / threw)
Partner A says a sentence: “He threw a
snowball at the tree.”
Partner B writes the word “threw” on their
sheet of paper.