Homographs (CLG pg. 24-33)

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. A homophone may also differ in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose, or differently, such as carat, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Which word best completes both sentences below? 1) The _ flew into the cave. John was missing his baseball _. bat ball glove 2) There was a dirty _ around the tub. Sophia's mom gave her a silver _. mark bracelet ring 3) The kids will get to _ for another hour. We went to see a _ at the theater. movie play run 4) Sam didn't feel _ today. Our neighbors are digging a new _. well sick hole 5) The _ would not stop bothering us while we ate our picnic lunch. Tomorrow we will _ an airplane. ant ride fly 6) Our teacher gave us a _ after the long test. Dusty will try not to _ his new toy. break hurt treat 7) I am a huge _ of soccer. We had a _ on in the house because it was so hot. hose fan love 8) We went down the yellow _ at the park. _ into the base so you will be safe. get ride slide 9) The boy kicked the _ on the roof. We had a _ at the birthday party. toy ball treat 10) We will have to _ a hotel for our vacation. I'm reading a _ about sports. get box book 11) Never _ anyone by the way they look. My grandpa is a _ in a court. judge look man 12) We had to wait in a long _ to buy a game. Use the fishing _ to bait the hook. time worm line 13) You can _ easily when you run. We got a flat _ from a nail in the road. tire walk wheel 14) If you _ wrong when jumping, you could hurt yourself. My father bought 14 acres of _. run grass land 15) Use a _ to light the fire. The tennis _ will last three hours. gas match game 16) My sister said she felt _ after crashing her bike. When library books are late, you have to pay a _. fee good fine 17) I love to _ back and forth on the rope. The baseball player will _ the bat. swing hit ride 18) I will give you a rubber _. Jim's _ will play at the talent show. walk paper band 19) Do you _ if I borrow your toys? Everyone's _ does not think the same way. brain care mind 20) I have a cat for a _. Lucy and Sam like to _ dogs. animal pet play 21) The dog performed a _. John will _ Tim into doing his work. act ask trick 22) Open the window just a _. Troy will _ the nuts. crack get little 23) I need you to go to the _ for me. I will _ the toys in the box. put store mall 24) The employees would like a _. We _ the flag on the 4th of July. put treat raise For each question choose the word to make a correct sentence. 25) My dad has one (son, sun) and two daughters. son sun 26) This weekend my mom had a yard (sale, sail). sale sail 27) Najem saw a brown(bare, bear) in her backyard. bare bear 28) My sister was a (which, witch) for Halloween this year. which witch 29) At dinner I (ate, eight) three hotdogs. ate eight 30) The dog kept chasing (it's, its) tail. it's its 31) (Oh, Owe) what a beautiful day! Oh Owe 32) My dad bought my mom a (flour, flower) for their anniversary. flour flower 33) The bird (flew, flu) away when the cat climbed up the tree. flew flu 34) I like my hamburgers (plain, plane). plain plane 35) When the storm (blew, blue) in, we had to leave the pool. blew blue 36) (There, they're) are twelve girls in my class. there they're 37) The(sent, scent) of the perfume was very strong. sent scent 38) My dad got a (whole, hole) in one during his golf game yesterday. whole hole 39) The piano recital lasted one (our, hour). our hour 40) Sally's dad had to fix a loose(bored, board) in her clubhouse. bored board 41) It was so bright outside I could hardly (see, sea). see sea 42) My mom made me (cell, sell) all my action figures in the garage sale. cell sell 43) The cat's (tale, tail) got stuck in the door. tale tail 44) The teacher gave the students (to, two) worksheets for homework. to two 45) The little (ant, aunt) picked up the big crumb. ant aunt 46) There was a(deer, dear) in the middle of the road. deer dear