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Homophones and Spelling Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct homophone for the word 'waist'?

a)

wast

b)

waste

c)

waste

d)

waiste

e)

waistee

2.

Which word means 'to use or expend carelessly' - 'waist' or 'waste'?

a)

waste

b)

waste

c)

wast

d)

waist

3.

Choose the correct spelling: 'patience' or 'patients'?

a)

pashents

b)

patience

c)

pashence

d)

pashints

4.

Which word refers to a formal or ceremonial act - 'rite', 'right', or 'write'?

a)

ryte

b)

right

c)

rite

d)

writ

5.

Identify the homophone for 'muscle'.

a)

mussel

b)

mussul

c)

mussell

d)

mussle

6.

Which word refers to a type of shellfish - 'muscle' or 'mussel'?

a)

mussel

b)

mussol

c)

mucle

d)

mussle

7.

Is it 'principal' or 'principle' that means 'a fundamental truth or proposition'?

a)

pricipal

b)

princaple

c)

princple

d)

principle

8.

Select the correct spelling: 'summary' or 'summery'?

a)

sumary

b)

summarie

c)

summary

d)

summeri

9.

Which word means 'the faculty or power of seeing' - 'sight', 'cite', or 'site'?

a)

cite

b)

sight

c)

view

d)

site

10.

Determine the correct spelling: 'stationary' or 'stationery'?

a)

stationary

b)

stationari

c)

stationeri

d)

stationery

11.

Choose the correct homophone for 'coward'.

a)

cowbird

b)

cow herd

c)

cowerd

d)

cowed

12.

Which word means 'crouched down in fear' - 'coward' or 'cowered'?

a)

cowerly

b)

cowardly

c)

cowered

d)

cower

13.

Identify the homophone for 'waste'.

a)

waist

b)

wayst

c)

wast

d)

waiste

14.

Which word means 'a person under medical care' - 'patience' or 'patients'?

a)

patience

b)

patients

c)

pateints

d)

patiant

15.

Choose the correct spelling: 'rite', 'right', or 'write'?

a)

rite

b)

writ

c)

ryte

d)

right

16.

Is it 'summary' or 'summery' that means 'concise presentation of information'?

a)

summary

b)

summarie

c)

summarry

d)

summeri