Grade 8 Vocabulary Quiz

________ are words that have different spellings, but they sound the same.

• Homonyms

• Homographs

• Homophones

air - heir

flower - flour

meet - meat

not - knot

right - write

to-too-two

Are examples of what?

• homonyms

• homophones

• homographs

Synonyms are words with ________.

• almost the same meaning

• different meaning

• same spelling

Select the pair of words that are synonyms.

• alone - lonely

• dark - light

• blue - blew

___________ are words with opposite meanings.

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Hyperboles

Select the pair of antonyms.

• beat - defeat

• alone - lonely

• boring - interesting

Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. They may also be pronounced differently.

Select the best choice for the following sentence.

The long war had made them all tired.

• extending over a considerable time

• to wish for

• part of the body

Select the homograph for the pair of meanings below.

a. to press flat

b. a yellow vegetable

• banana

• squash

• smash

• bell pepper

Select the homograph for the pair of meanings below.

a. lame walk or step

b. not stiff

• limp

• limb

• light

• leg

Select the best words for the sentence below.

Ben was ______ frightened _________ utter a word.

• two, too

• too, to

• to, too

• too, two