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Homophones and Homographs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________ excited that it is ________ turn to ride the roller coaster

a)

They're, their

b)

They're, there

c)

Their, there

d)

There, their

2.

The dog wagged ___ tail.

a)

it's

b)

its

3.

The dog wagged its ____.

a)

tale

b)

tail

4.

She had to _____ dinner when _______ was served.

a)

desert, desert

b)

desert, dessert

c)

dessert, dessert

5.

The ____ laid a ___ smelling egg.

a)

foul, fowl

b)

fowl, foul

c)

fowl, fowl

d)

foul, foul

6.

Choose which sentences is the animal version of the homonym 'bat.'

a)

The athlete made sure to pack his bat and glove.

b)

The bat uses echolocation to track its prey.

c)

Susan waited for her turn at bat.

d)

My cat can bat a fly from the sky.

7.

The ____ ____ the beds throughout the manor.

a)

made, made

b)

maid, maid

c)

maid, made

d)

made, maid

8.

They wanted to ____ environmental awareness and encouraged others to use solar panels to catch the sun's ______.

a)

raze, raise

b)

raise, raze

c)

raise, rays

d)

rays, raise

9.

The ____ golfers helped each other search ___ their golf balls.

a)

four, fore

b)

fore, four

c)

four, for

d)

for, fore

10.

Which sentence uses the version of sight/site/cite that refers to vision.

a)

They were surprised that the site still had artifacts.

b)

Squinting into the sun strained their eye sight.

c)

The historians made sure to cite each other in their research papers.

d)

Any could be chosen since they all sound the same.

11.

Which version uses refuse as waste?

a)

They disliked the smell of refuse that wafted their way from the dump.

b)

She got in trouble because she chose to refuse her parents' directions.

c)

I refuse to answer this question because it smells fishy.

12.

I was ____ foot when running away from the ____.

a)

bare, bear

b)

bare, bare

c)

bear, bear

d)

bear, bare

13.

Which sentence uses the contraction for it is (it's) correctly?

a)

The dog chased it's tail.

b)

The dog was surprised when it's owner came home early.

c)

I was surprised by the dog's energy. It's always bouncing off the walls.

d)

The dog's paw is hurt. It's paw appears to be cut.

14.

Which sentence uses trunk as in the part of an automobile?

a)

When picking me up, my mom told me to toss my bag in the trunk.

b)

The zoologist examined the elephant's trunk.

c)

The trunk of Redwoods are known for their girth.

d)

Any since trunk is always spelled the same.

15.

_______ of those ______ costumes do you think would fit me?

a)

Witch, which

b)

Which, witch

c)

Witch, witch

d)

Which, which

16.

You'll find the glue and scissors over ______.

a)

there

b)

their

c)

they're

d)

any of the options, they all sound the same

17.

Does your cat play with ___ toys

a)

either, they both sound the same

b)

it's

c)

its

18.

I know you want to lose some inches from your _____, but you're still not allowed to _______ food.

a)

waste, waste

b)

waist, waste

c)

waste, waist

d)

waist, waist

19.

You should try to ______ the habit of stepping on the _____ so much.

a)

break, brake

b)

brake, break

c)

break, break

d)

brake, brake

20.

When the _____ of cattle ______ all the noise, it stated running.

a)

heard, heard

b)

herd, herd

c)

heard, herd

d)

herd, heard