1. What are homophones?

An illustration of a whale swimming near the surface.

Choose the correct options to complete the definitions.


What are the following examples? Homophones, homographs or homonyms?

2. Homophones.

Read the rhymes. Can you guess and type in the missing word?

Note: The pronunciation of some words can vary depending on where the speaker is from. For example: saw and sore are pronounced differently in American English but the same in British English. The rhymes below are in British English.

3. Meaning.

Now choose the correct word from the previous exercise for each of their definitions in the context of the rhymes.

4. Sound and spelling.

Different letter combinations can correspond to the same sound.

For example:
see and sea, meet and meat.


Put the words into the correct category according to their vowel sounds.

See the list of words. Listen and repeat the words.

5. Practise rhymes.

Practise saying the rhymes from the previous exercise. Read and record them. Compare them to the originals!

Practise saying the rhymes from the previous exercise. First, put the words in order, then listen and practise saying the rhymes.