Homophone Words Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

Homophone puzzle set with a word search, word scramble and crossword built on pairs such as see/sea, meet/meat, knight/night and flour/flower.
Year levels
Years 2–4
Pages
6
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Jun 05, 2026

Subject
Vocabulary, Holiday & Seasonal, Reading, Language Development, English
Topic
Word Search, Word Scramble
Resource types
Crosswords Puzzles, Word Searches
Answer key
Included
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9E4LY11 — read and write high-frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to…

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I made this homophones puzzle set for my Year 2 and 3 students during our vocabulary unit. The kids were constantly mixing up words like "there," "their," and "they're" in their writing. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like there/their/they're, to/too/two, here/hear, see/sea, right/write, know/no, read/red, ate/eight, flour/flower, knight/night, mail/male, pair/pear, peace/piece, sale/sail, week/weak, and where/wear. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the homophones finally stick.

The set is six pages. Three puzzles, each with its own answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after break. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether "bear" and "bare" sound the same. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple ear, eye, and flower drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Years 2–4. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers write a sentence using one homophone pair on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Choose the homophone spelling that fits a crossword clue

Skills covered

  • Spelling discrimination — writing the homophone that matches each clue

  • Word recognition — finding homophones hidden in a word search grid

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9E4LY11 — read and write high-frequency words including homophones and know how to use context to identify correct spelling

Core concepts

  • Homophones

  • Spelling

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