KS1 Homophones | Same-sounding Words with Different Meanings

English Quiz - Homophones 1 (Questions)

This quiz helps children in KS1 learn the different spellings for homophones, or words that sound the same. It looks at the words children, within this key stage, would write frequently in their English and Literacy lessons.

There are a few words in the English language that sound the same when you speak them, but they have different meanings and are spelt differently. Words like this are called homophones.

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What's the difference between 'their' and 'there'?

[ ]	'Their' is a place and 'there' means something belongs to them.
[ ]	'Their' is a place and 'there' is two words together to say 'they are'.
[ ]	'There' is a place and 'their' means something belongs to them.
[ ]	'Their' means 'they are' and 'there' means something belongs to them.

What's the difference between 'too' and 'two'?

[ ]	'Two' is a number and 'too' means also or something is too much.
[ ]	'Too' is a number and 'two' means also or something is too much.
[ ]	'Two' is a number and 'too' means to go somewhere.
[ ]	'Too' is a number and 'two' means to go somewhere.

'Please write this down.' Which word sounds the same as 'write' but means something else?

[ ]	right
[ ]	left
[ ]	white
[ ]	one

'I didn't _ the _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	sea and dear
[ ]	see and dear
[ ]	sea and deer
[ ]	see and deer

"I can _ him _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	here and groan
[ ]	here and grown
[ ]	hear and groan
[ ]	hear and grown

'Don't _ at the _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	stair and hair
[ ]	stair and hare
[ ]	stare and hair
[ ]	stare and hare

'My _ is _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	son and male
[ ]	son and mail
[ ]	sun and male
[ ]	sun and mail

'I _ a bouquet of _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	one and flours
[ ]	one and flowers
[ ]	won and flours
[ ]	won and flowers

'_ would like a _ of cake.' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	I and piece
[ ]	I and peace
[ ]	eye and piece
[ ]	eye and peace

10.

'Did you _ the _ _?' Which three words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	wait, whole, knight
[ ]	wait, whole, night
[ ]	wait, hole, night
[ ]	weight, whole, night

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English Quiz - Homophones 1 (Answers)

What's the difference between 'their' and 'there'?

[ ]	'Their' is a place and 'there' means something belongs to them.
[ ]	'Their' is a place and 'there' is two words together to say 'they are'.
[x]	'There' is a place and 'their' means something belongs to them.
[ ]	'Their' means 'they are' and 'there' means something belongs to them.

'There' is a place - that's why the word 'here' is within it. 'Their' means something belongs to them. Thirdly, we have they're, which is 'they are'.

What's the difference between 'too' and 'two'?

[x]	'Two' is a number and 'too' means also or something is too much.
[ ]	'Too' is a number and 'two' means also or something is too much.
[ ]	'Two' is a number and 'too' means to go somewhere.
[ ]	'Too' is a number and 'two' means to go somewhere.

'Two' is a number, 'too' means also or too much of something and the word 'to' is used as a place and is a preposition.

'Please write this down.' Which word sounds the same as 'write' but means something else?

[x]	right
[ ]	left
[ ]	white
[ ]	one

Write and right are both said with the 'r' sound. White is said with the 'wh' sound.

'I didn't _ the _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	sea and dear
[ ]	see and dear
[ ]	sea and deer
[x]	see and deer

'I didn't see the deer.' One 'see' is visual, the other is like seashore. A deer is an animal and the other 'dear' is what you would call someone you liked.

"I can _ him _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	here and groan
[ ]	here and grown
[x]	hear and groan
[ ]	hear and grown

'I can hear him groan.' 'Hear' has the word 'ear' in it, which means it's to do with sound. 'Groan' is to moan whereas, 'grown' means you have got bigger or taller.

'Don't _ at the _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	stair and hair
[ ]	stair and hare
[ ]	stare and hair
[x]	stare and hare

'Don't stare at the hare.' A hare is an animal but it does have hair all over its body. To stare at somebody is to look at them, whereas the other 'stair' is what we walk up.

'My _ is _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[x]	son and male
[ ]	son and mail
[ ]	sun and male
[ ]	sun and mail

'My son is male.' A son is a child, whereas the sun is in the sky. 'Mail' is something we post but 'male' is how we describe boys and men.

'I _ a bouquet of _' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	one and flours
[ ]	one and flowers
[ ]	won and flours
[x]	won and flowers

'I won a bouquet of flowers.' The number one is different to 'won', which means you've won something. We put flowers in a vase and flour in a cake!

'_ would like a _ of cake.' Which two words can fill the gaps?

[x]	I and piece
[ ]	I and peace
[ ]	eye and piece
[ ]	eye and peace

'I would like a piece of cake.' The word 'I' means me and I do have eyes. You may like peace and quiet but you might also want a piece of cake!

10.

'Did you _ the _ _?' Which three words can fill the gaps?

[ ]	wait, whole, knight
[x]	wait, whole, night
[ ]	wait, hole, night
[ ]	weight, whole, night

You are patient if you wait whilst I find out your weight (how much you weigh). You can fall in a hole but if you want a whole lot more then you need to wait the night and not find a knight!