Practice Test

Question #1710

What are homophones?

Words that are spelled the same but sound different.

Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

Words that have opposite meanings.

Words that are spelled differently but have the same meaning.

Question #1711

The word 'homophone' comes from two Greek words. 'Homo' means 'same.' What does 'phone' mean?

Spelling

Meaning

Sound

Word

Question #1712

Which of these pairs is an example of a homophone but NOT a homonym?

Bat (animal) / Bat (sports equipment)

Right (correct) / Write (to put words on paper)

Bank (river edge) / Bank (financial institution)

Present (gift) / Present (to give)

Question #1713

The children put all ________ toys back in the box over ________. I think ________ going to play outside now.

there / their / they're

their / there / they're

they're / their / there

their / they're / there

Question #1714

My brother ate ________ much candy, so he couldn't eat ________ slices of pizza. He was ________ full.

two / too / to

too / two / to

too / two / too

to / two / too

Question #1715

Please remember ________ always welcome at ________ house.

your / you're

you're / your

your / your

you're / you're

Question #1716

Always ________ your name at the top ________ before you begin the test.

right / write

write / right

right / right

write / write

Question #1717

I ________ a secret, but I can tell ________ one.

no / know

know / no

know / know

no / no

Question #1718

We waited for an ________, but ________ bus never arrived.

our / hour

hour / our

hour / hour

our / our

Question #1719

My mother bought ________ new books ________ me.

four / for

for / four

four / four

for / for

Question #1720

From the boat, we could ________ many fish swimming in the ________.

see / sea

sea / see

see / see

sea / sea

Question #1721

The ________ rose beautifully this morning, and my ________ woke up early to watch it.

son / sun

sun / son

sun / sun

son / son

Question #1722

To bake a cake, you need ________ and sugar. You can also decorate it with a pretty ________.

flower / flour

flour / flower

flour / flour

flower / flower

Question #1723

Can you ________ the music from over ________?

here / hear

hear / here

hear / hear

here / here

Question #1724

I need to ________ some new shoes ________ the end of the day. So, ________ for now!

by / buy / bye

buy / bye / by

buy / by / bye

bye / buy / by

Question #1725

After being sick for a ________, she felt very ________.

weak / week

week / weak

week / week

weak / weak

Question #1726

If I ________ go camping, I would need to gather some ________ for a fire.

wood / would

would / wood

would / would

wood / wood

Question #1727

I ________ you wanted a ________ bike for your birthday.

new / knew

knew / new

knew / knew

new / new

Question #1728

Don't ________ the glass! Use the car's ________ carefully.

brake / break

break / brake

break / break

brake / brake

Question #1729

After the long journey, all he wanted was a little ________ and a ________ of cake.

piece / peace

peace / piece

peace / peace

piece / piece

Question #1730

The dog wagged its ________ as I read him a bedtime ________.

tale / tail

tail / tale

tail / tail

tale / tale

Question #1731

The scary ________ flew on her broomstick, asking, '________ way should I go?'

which / witch

witch / which

witch / witch

which / which

Question #1732

I wonder ________ the ________ will be sunny tomorrow.

weather / whether

whether / weather

whether / whether

weather / weather

Question #1733

Please don't ________ paper. This belt is too big for my ________.

waist / waste

waste / waist

waste / waste

waist / waist

Question #1734

The large ________ had ________ paws as it walked through the forest.

bare / bear

bear / bare

bear / bear

bare / bare

Question #1735

The school ________ explained the important ________ of honesty to the students.

principle / principal

principal / principle

principal / principal

principle / principle

Question #1736

The car remained ________ while the artist bought some beautiful ________ to draw with.

stationery / stationary

stationary / stationery

stationary / stationary

stationery / stationery

Question #1737

Her new shoes really ________ her dress, and everyone gave her a nice ________ on her outfit.

compliment / complement

complement / compliment

complement / complement

compliment / compliment

Question #1738

They decided to ________ the plans for the garden, but kept the small stone ________ where they planted flowers.

altar / alter

alter / altar

alter / alter

altar / altar

Question #1739

The teacher ________ the students to read the story ________ in class.

aloud / allowed

allowed / aloud

allowed / allowed

aloud / aloud

HOMOPHONES

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