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Grade 3 Homophones Worksheet with Answers

Grade 3 (US) · Year 4 (UK) · Class 3 (India) · English

Unit 6: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 4 PreviewCCSS L.4.1gAdvanced

Choosing between words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Homophones

Grade 3 · English

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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 4 Preview · CCSS L.4.1g

Directions: Read each question and circle the best answer.

Example

Choose there, their or they're: '____ going to the park.'

Answer: They're

RememberHomophones: sound the same, mean different things

theirbelongs to themtherea place: over therethey'rethey areto / too / twodirection / also / 2your / you'rebelongs to you / you areits / it'sbelongs to it / it is
  1. 1

    'I the answer.'

    Choose: Know · No

  2. 2

    'I don't know to go.'

    Choose: Weather · Whether

  3. 3

    'The gave a speech.'

    Choose: Principal · Principle

  4. 4

    ' raining outside.'

    Choose: Its · It's

  5. 5

    ' late for class!'

    Choose: Your · You're

  6. 6

    'The spider has legs.'

    Choose: Ate · Eight

  7. 7

    'The tree lost leaves.'

    Choose: Its · It's

  8. 8

    'I have cats.'

    Choose: To · Too · Two

  9. 9

    'Come over .'

    Choose: Hear · Here

  10. 10

    'Is this coat?'

    Choose: Your · You're

  11. 11

    ' coming to dinner?'

    Choose: Whose · Who's

  12. 12

    'I want go home.'

    Choose: To · Too · Two

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Unscramble the letters: LTNAP (clue: it grows in soil)

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.know
  2. 2.whether
  3. 3.principal
  4. 4.It's
  5. 5.You're
  6. 6.eight
  7. 7.its
  8. 8.two
  9. 9.here
  10. 10.your
  11. 11.Who's
  12. 12.to
  13. ★plant (challenge corner)

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