Homophones are two words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. The document provides examples of homophones like hear/here and weather/whether. It then describes a homophone game where players have to identify which of two provided definitions matches a given homophone within 7 seconds. 20 homophones like whole/hole, steal/steel, and weak/week are used in the game.

1. Homophones
Learning about homophones

2. What are homophones?
Two words that have:
 The same sound
Different meaning
Different spelling
A homophone is generally considered
a type of homonyms.

3. How to use homophones?
To know which homophones to use in
a sentence:
1. Think about the meaning of the other words
in the sentence.
2. Think about the meaning of the homophone.
3. Choose the homophone that makes sense in
the sentence.

4. Examples
Homophones Definition
Hear ( verb)
Here (adverb)
To listen
This place
Weather (noun)
Whether
(conjunction)
Climate
If (used with or)
Knew (verb)
New (adjective)
Past form of
know,
understood.
Recent, fresh

6. About the game
There are 20 homophones in this
game, ranging from medium,
difficulty to hard.
Directions: When the slide appears
read the two definitions of the
homophones. You will have 7
seconds to call out the
homophones,

8. Homophone # 1
1.Complete, entire
2.Middle of a doughnut
Whole-hole

9. Homophone #2
1. Rob
2. Strong metal made from iron
Steal-Steel

10. Homophone # 3
1.Not strong for 7
days
2. Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday,
Saturday.
weak- week

11. Homophone #4
1.Not permitted to
2. to shout out
Allowed- aloud

12. Homophone #5
1.Instrument use in
soccer games
2. To cry pitifully
Ball-bawl

13. Homophone #6
1.The most expensive
hotel rooms
2. taste from sugar or
honey
Suite- sweet

14. Homophone #7
1.Look at very hard
2.Step
Stare- stair

15. Homophone #8
1.A penny
2. A smell going up
cent- scent

16. Homophone #9
1.Car hauled away by
truck
2. land amphibian
Towed-toad

17. Homophone # 10
1.The male off spring of a
female
2.Its big and bright and it shines
all day
Son- sun

18. Homophone # 11
1.Used when baking
2. found in gardens
Flour- flower

19. Homophone # 12
1.To put on hold
2. The feet of cats and dogs
Pause- paws

20. Homophone # 13
1.Another name for chicken
2. an unpleasant odor.
Fowl-foul

21. Homophone #14
1.A method to remove
water from clothes
2. one uses it to propose
Wring- ring

22. Homophone #15
1.Rhythm or pulse
2.Used for borsht
Beat-beet

23. Homophone # 16
1.Seats for kings and
queens
2.Tossed hurled
Throne- thrown

24. Homophone #17
1.Inheritor
2. needed to breathe
Heir- air

25. Homophone #19
1.To munch
2. to select
Chews- choose

26. Homophone #20
1.Perceived with the ear
2. group of cows or goats
Heard – herd