Homophones & Homographs Green Group

What is a homophone? 

• Words that are spelled the exact same 
• Words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings
• Words that sound different and are spelled differently 
• No idea

Choose the correct homophone for this sentence: Please don't drop and ____________________ that bottle of hand sanitizer!

• brake

• break

Choose the correct homophone to complete each sentence: Speak up! I can’t __________you.

• here

• hear

Use context clues to complete each sentence with the correct homophone:

The taxi ________________ will increase by one dollar next month.

• fair

• fare

knot or not are good examples of:

• Homographs

• Homophones

True or False: Is the correct homophone(s) used in the sentence below?

I bought a pear of shoes yesterday. 

• True
• False

Choose the correct homophone to complete each sentence:

She couldn’t decide__________ she wanted an apple or a banana.

• whether

• weather

What is a homograph?

• are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations.

• are words that are spelled the same, have the same pronunciations, and mean the same thing

• are words that sound the same

What is NOT an example of a homograph?

• does, does

• wind, wind

• live, live

• or, oar

My new shoes gave me a blister on my right ________.

• heal

• heel