Homographs and Homophones

Select the correct homophone.
I have very little (patience/patients) when students do not follow directions. 

• patience

• patients

True or False: The correct homophone(s) is used in the sentence below.
I bought a pear of shoes yesterday. 

• True

• False

True or False: The correct homophone (s) are used in the sentence below. 
Personally, I hate the smell of read meet. 

• True

• False

Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, and may be pronounced differently. choose the correct homograph for each clue.

When a broadcast is made as it is happening, or the opposite of dead.

• live

• dead

• online

• alive

Use context clues to complete each sentence with the correct homophone. Mike’s grandmother carefully walked to the second floor, one _________________ at a time.

• stair

• stare

I want to go to _____ Christmas party next week.

• your

• you're

Choose the correct homophone for this sentence: Please do _______________ electronic homework for these next two weeks.

• you're

• your

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

• brake

• break

Choose the correct homophone for this sentence: Everyone is looking at __________________ televisions to find out how long we will have electronic home work days.

• they're

• their

Choose the correct homophone for this sentence: John the Baptist told the people, "Come __________________ and be baptized."

• fourth

• forth