Pronouns and Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different
spellings and meanings. Some examples of homophone pairs
include read/reed, write/right, and their/there.
Some pronouns and pronoun/verb contractions are homophones.
• Don’t confuse these homophones: there/they’re/their,
there’s/theirs, its/ it’s, and your/you’re.

Read each sentence. The underlined pronouns and contractions are used
incorrectly. Write the correct pronoun or contraction on the line.
1. Do you think your ready for the story? __________
2. Clap you’re hands twice. __________
3. Its a story about a fisher who plays a trick on some people.
__________
4. At first their fooled, but then they trick the fisher. __________
5. Its a bad day for the fisher because he has not caught any fish to
sell. __________
6. He tricks people into leaving they’re wares on the other side of the
river. __________
7. Their afraid of falling into the river because the log bridge is shaky.
__________
8. They’re swimming skills are not very good. __________
9. “Leave some baskets before you cross; its the only way to do it,”
the fisher tells the basketmaker. __________
10. The fisher promises to hold the unsteady log in it’s
place.__________