Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs

Yesterday, I saw a brown ____ in the woods! It was so cute!

• bear
• bare

The ___ was shining brightly this morning!

• son

• sun

I had to ______ the movie because the door bell rang.

• pause

• paws

I won second place at the race!

• Second (noun): a unit of TIME

• Second (adjective): position after first.

I hit the ball with the bat.

• Bat (noun): a mammal with wings.

• Bat (noun): a wooden club used to hit something.

The ruler of the kingdom reigned for 50 years.

• Ruler (noun): someone who is the leader of a kingdom

• Ruler (noun): an object used to measure something.

I saw a pretty pink bow at the store.

• Bow (verb): to bend over

• Bow (noun): a piece of ribbon or string

A single tear rolled down my cheek as I listened to a sad song.

• Tear (verb): to rip something

• Tear (noun): a drop of water from the eyes

I wind the clock to change the time.

• Wind (verb): to turn, to rotate

• Wind (noun): blowing air, a breeze of air

Fill in the blank with the correct usage:

"Look over ______! Did you see that? It looked like a cat!"

• They're

• There

• Their