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Grammar: Homophones and Homographs

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a homophone? 
a)
Words that are spelled the exact same 
b)
Words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings
c)
Words that sound different and are spelled differently 
d)
No idea
2.

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

a)

brake

b)

break

3.

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

a)

here

b)

hear

4.

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

The taxi ________________ will increase by one dollar next month.

a)

fair

b)

fare

5.

knot or not are good examples of:

a)

Homographs

b)

Homophones

6.
Select the correct homophone.
(Their/There/They're) home was so beautifully decorated. 
a)
Their
b)
There
c)
They're
7.

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

I bought a pear of shoes yesterday. 

a)
True
b)
False
8.
What does the word part "phone" mean in homophone? 
a)
writing
b)
same
c)
sound
d)
iPhone
9.

Choose the correct homophone to complete each sentence:

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

a)

whether

b)

weather

10.

What is a homograph?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

are words that sound the same

11.

What is NOT an example of a homograph?

a)

does, does

b)

wind, wind

c)

live, live

d)

or, oar

12.

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

a)

heal

b)

heel

13.

The roll was good with butter.

a)

A type of bread

b)

to turn over and over

14.

Park the car in the garage.

a)

To put something in a spot

b)

An area for playing

15.
I don't think ________ a bad influence on me; I make my own bad choices. 
a)
you're
b)
your 
16.
Molly wants to go to _____ house for dinner, but they don't like her, so _____ going to say no. 
a)
their, they're 
b)
there, they're 
c)
their, there
d)
there, there 
17.

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word.


The wind is blowing hard.

a)

turn the stem (rhymes with find)

b)

moving air (rhymes with pinned)

18.

Glass containers have been __________ on the beach.

a)

band

b)

banned

19.

The teacher asked us to identify the rock as igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary.

a)

a stone made of mineral matter

b)

to move or sway from side to side

20.

He was so angry that he began to tear up the papers he received in the mail.

a)

to pull apart by force

b)

a drop of water coming from the eye

21.

There were so many dirty dishes in the sink I thought I would never finish washing them.

a)

to move down lower, especially under water

b)

a basin connected to a water supply

22.

The words see and sea are examples of

a)

Homographs

b)

Homophones

23.

Does the underlined words in the sentences have the same pronunciation?

a) Don't lie to me!

b) I'm going to lie down.

a)

Same pronunciation

b)

Different pronunciation

24.

Which two are examples of homphones?

a)

Weather

b)

waffle

c)

Whether:

d)

waffle

25.

Homophones are words that: sound alike, have same meaning but different spelling.

a)

True

b)

False