Homophones

What is a homophone?

• words that have the same number of letters

• different words that describe different things

• two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings

• words that start with a vowel

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Which of the words below are homophones?

• bat (animal), bat (sports equipment)

• sewer (person who sews), sewer (drain)

• wave (hand movement), wave (sea water coming to shore)

• hear (one of our five senses), here (a place)

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Which homophone below completes the sentence?

When my daughter learned to drive, I taught her how to use the gas pedal and the __________ pedal.

• break

• brake

• clutch

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Which homophones fit in the blanks?

I won't spend one _______ on a bottle of perfume until I know that I love the ________.

• dime, scent

• cent, scent

• dollar, scent

• penny, scent

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Tomorrow _________ will be a parade downtown, and the newscasters said ___________ expecting a large crowd of people to support _____________ city.

• there, they're, their

• they're, their, there

• their, they're, there

• there, their, they're

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When children turn _________ they often know how ________ ask for something to eat and drink. Most of the time they will say please ________.

• two, too, to

• to, too, two

• two, to, too

• too, two, to

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Write _________ name on the paper when __________ done with the test.

• your, your

• your, you're

• you're, your

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I don't know ____________ I should bring a jacket to school tomorrow.

• weather

• whether

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You will need to come over ________, so that you'll be able to __________ my instructions better.

• hear, hear

• here, here

• hear, here

• here, hear

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After trying out for the soccer team, Joseph had to ________ the fact that everyone made the team _________ his best friend.

• except, accept

• except, except

• accept, accept

• accept, except

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