Homophones
Circle the correct answer:
Circle the correct answer:
Which their/there/they're is the possessive form?
I can see that (your / you're) worried.
What is you're?
Tegan wants to go home but Sarah doesn't want to leave yet.
Tegan wants to go home, but Sarah doesn't want to leave yet.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/extended_rules_for_commas.html
When I heard zombies had been located in New York New York on July 4 2023 I knew it was time to move to Los Angeles California.
When I heard zombies had been located in New York, New York, on July 4, 2023, I knew it was time to move to Los Angeles, California.
i took a walk in central park and saw a Mime get sprayed with mace by an elderly woman because she thought he was trying to steal her purse.
I took a walk in Central Park and saw a mime get sprayed with mace by an elderly woman because she thought he was trying to steal her purse.
Which form of your/you're is used to mean 'you are'?
The football team won (its / it's) final game.
What is its?
I went to lunch with my mother brother and sister.
I went to lunch with my mother, brother, and sister.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/extended_rules_for_commas.html
Although the Thompson's have stored a lot of food in their basement I am not sure if they have enough for a zombie apocalypse.
Although the Thompsons have stored a lot of food in their basement, I am not sure if they have enough for a zombie apocalypse.
My favorite line in Shakespeare’s Macbeth is when the witches say Double, double, toil and trouble; fire, burn; and cauldron, bubble.
My favorite line in Shakespeare’s Macbeth is when the witches say, “Double, double, toil and trouble; fire, burn; and cauldron, bubble.”
Which form of to/too/two means 'also/excessive'?
Last year's historic blizzard (affected / effected) all six New England States.
What is affected?
Yes the plane will land at 5:30pm.
Yes, the plane will land at 5:30pm.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/extended_rules_for_commas.html
Its abundantly clear to me that zombies are just misunderstood and misguided beings who sometimes err in judgment and eat their neighbors as well as their neighbors families.
It's abundantly clear, to me, that zombies are just misunderstood and misguided beings who sometimes err in judgment and eat their neighbors as well as their neighbors' families.
She grabs my hand then flipped me like I weighed nothing.
She grabbed my hand and then flipped me like I weighed nothing.
Accept or Except: Will you please _ my help?
We went to Paris and stayed (there / their, they're) for two weeks.
What is there?
While I was in the kitchen the baby woke up.
While I was in the kitchen, the baby woke up.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/extended_rules_for_commas.html
There were a thousand zombies cheering for the home team when I walked onto the field I don’t think even one of them noticed me.
There were a thousand zombies cheering for the home team when I walked onto the field, but I don’t think even one of them noticed me.
I start my day with breakfast, exercising, and scrolling Instagram.
I start my day by eating breakfast, exercising, and scrolling Instagram.
Led or Lead: He _ the blind man to the ice cream shop.
I went to (your / you're) house to borrow (your / you're) math book.
What is your and your?
Let's eat grandma!
What is: Let's eat, grandma!
She ran into the house shut the door and locked all the locks because she thought a werewolf was behind her.
She ran into the house, shut the door, and locked all the locks because she thought a werewolf was behind her.
The Boston Red Sox who happen to be my favorite team have won the World Series nine times. The New York Yankees however have won the World Series more than any other team in baseball.
The Boston Red Sox, who happen to be my favorite team, have won the World Series nine times. The New York Yankees, however, have won the World Series more than any other team in baseball.