Homophones Worksheet: Pair or Pear, Blew or Blue? — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the 4th Grade homophones worksheet.
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Part A: Match the meaning
Homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Draw a line from each word to its meaning.
- pair
- pear
- blew
- blue
- road
- rode
- two things that go together
- pushed out air (past tense of blow)
- a wide path for cars and trucks
- the color of a clear sky
- traveled on a horse, bike or ride (past tense of ride)
- a sweet fruit, narrow at the top
Answer: pair → two things that go together; pear → a sweet fruit, narrow at the top; blew → pushed out air (past tense of blow); blue → the color of a clear sky; road → a wide path for cars and trucks; rode → traveled on a horse, bike or ride (past tense of ride)
- fair
- fare
- wait
- weight
- peek
- peak
- the money you pay for a trip on a bus or train
- a quick look
- how heavy something is
- an outdoor event with rides, games and animals
- the pointed top of a mountain
- to stay until something happens
Answer: fair → an outdoor event with rides, games and animals; fare → the money you pay for a trip on a bus or train; wait → to stay until something happens; weight → how heavy something is; peek → a quick look; peak → the pointed top of a mountain
Part B: Choose the right spelling
Read the whole sentence to work out the meaning, then circle the correct word.
- Apair
- Bpear
Answer: pair
A pair is two things that go together.
- Ablew
- Bblue
Answer: blue
Blue is a color.
- Ablew
- Bblue
Answer: blew
Blew is the past tense of blow.
- Aroad
- Brode
Answer: rode
Rode is the past tense of ride.
- Aate
- Beight
Answer: ate
Ate is the past tense of eat.
- Aate
- Beight
Answer: eight
Eight is the number 8.
- Await
- Bweight
Answer: wait
Wait means to stay until something happens.
- Await
- Bweight
Answer: weight
Weight is how heavy something is.
- Athrew
- Bthrough
Answer: threw
Threw is the past tense of throw.
- Athrew
- Bthrough
Answer: through
Through means in one side and out the other.
Part C: Use the clues
Write the correct word from the parentheses.
Answer: fare
Answer: fair
Answer: deer
Answer: Dear
Answer: sun
Answer: son
Answer: peek
Answer: peak
Part D: Fix the mix-ups
Each sentence has homophone mistakes. Rewrite it correctly. (Watch out: one sentence also has a mistake that is not a homophone!)
Answer: We rode the bus to the fair and paid the fare.
Answer: I ate a pair of corn dogs and a juicy pear.
Answer: The wind blew so hard that a balloon flew through the barn door.
Answer: We had to wait while the judge checked the weight of my son's lamb.
Part E: Memory tricks
Answer: ate (eight is only for the number 8)
Answer: ea
Answer: Any sensible trick, e.g., Weight has the word eight in it, and eight pounds is a weight you can measure.
Part F: Your turn
Model answer: We rode in Dad's truck down a dusty road to the fair. I ate a corn dog while we waited in line. My brother threw a ball through a hoop and won a pair of sunglasses. A blue ribbon blew off the fence, and I caught it!
Success criteria:
- Writes four sentences about a fair or rodeo
- Uses at least six listed homophones
- Each homophone is spelled correctly for its meaning
- Correct capital letters and end punctuation
Marking tips
- Give credit for correct method even when the final answer slips — the working shows where the thinking went right.
- For open-ended tasks, use the success criteria as a checklist rather than looking for one "right" answer.
- Celebrate what went well first, then pick one thing to work on next.