Spelled Apart, Sounded Together: Homophones with Different Spellings for Class 6

This Grade 6 worksheet gives students focused practice with homophones that sound identical but are spelled differently — one of the most common sources of written English errors. Through five well-designed activities including match the following, sort the words, fill in the blanks, multiple choice questions, and sentence rewriting, learners work with pairs such as affect/effect, buy/by, cell/sell, die/dye, hour/our, one/won, to/too, whether/weather, bear/bare, and sent/scent.

Why Homophones with Different Spellings Matter in Grammar?

Mastering differently spelled homophones is essential for accurate writing. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because:
1. Confusing spellings like their/there, to/too, or flour/flower is one of the most frequent errors in student writing.
2. Correct spelling of homophones reflects strong proofreading and editing skills.
3. These pairs appear in dictations, essays, comprehension, and competitive exams.
4. Understanding them improves both reading accuracy and written expression.

What's Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five grammar-rich activities that build fluency with homophones that carry different spellings:

Exercise 1 – Match the Following
Students match each word on the left to its differently spelled homophone on the right. Example: affect → effect, buy → by, cell → sell, die → dye, hour → our, one → won, to → too, bear → bare, whether → weather, sent → scent.

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words
Students sort word pairs into Different Spelling and Same Spelling categories. Pairs like cite/site, bored/board, for/four, tail/tale, idle/idol, and sight/site are different spelling homophones, while bat/sat, mat/fat, bark/dark, dark/park, and ring/rang are same-spelling (not homophones).

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
Students choose the correct homophone from a pair to complete each sentence. Example: "Arjun saw a __________ flying near the lake." (hare / hair)

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students select the correct spelling from four options to complete each sentence. Example: "__________ good stationary for school." (by / bye / bi / buy)

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting
Students rewrite sentences that contain the incorrect spelling of a homophone. Example: "Anjali combed her hare before school today" becomes "Anjali combed her hair before school today."

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Match the Following
affect → effect
buy → by
cell → sell
die → dye
hour → our
one → won
to → too
bear → bare
whether → weather
sent → scent

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words
Homophones: cite/site, bored/board, for/four, tail/tale, idle/idol, sight/site, ate/eight
Non Homophones: quit/quiet, altar/falter, not/note, affect/effect, read/red, then/than, form/from, lead/led

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. hare          
2. mail
3. peace         
4. sole
5. bear          
6. knot
7. flour         
8. tale
9. plain        
10. sail

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions
1. d) buy          
2. a) principal
3. b) principle    
4. b) plain
5. c) high         
6. a) groan
7. d) bear         
8. b) knew
9. c) bank        
10. a) sad

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting
1. Anjali combed her hair before school today.
2. Rahul found a piece of paper on the floor.
3. Diya's shoes had a worn-out sole inside.
4. Pooja sent the package to Delhi.
5. Arjun told a tale about his trip to Agra.
6. Nisha used flour to prepare the dough for rotis.
7. Aarav tied a knot in the yellow rope carefully.
8. Kartik listened to the tale of the forest story.
9. Rohan saw a bear near the Jaipur road.
10. Neha watched the plane soar over the Mumbai sky.

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