Homophones

Sentences

100

Which of these words (ad and add) are used in the sentence correctly? 'Add this ad to the newspaper.' -Add- -Ad- -Both of them-

What is 'both of them'?

200

Fill in the blanks: __ saw a boy who had a black ___. -Eye and I- -I and eye-

What is 'I and eye'?

300

Fill in the blanks: We were not ______ to read ____ in the library. -Aloud and allowed- -Allowed and aloud-

What is 'allowed and aloud'?

400

Find the right word: The children put _____ hats on. -Their- -They're- -There-

What is 'their'?

500

Fill in the blank: Don't be an ____. You're too hard-working. -Idol- -Idle- -Idyl-

What is 'idle'?

Challenge

100

Which of these means 'a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning'? -Principal- -Principale-

What is 'principle'?

200

Fill in the blanks: The tiger statue in the ____ looks as if it is ready to ____ its prey. -Mall and maul- -Maul and mall-

What is 'mall and maul'?

300

Which of these means 'not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful'? -Lax- -Lacks-

What is 'lax'?

400

Which one of these definitions means 'a large nest of a bird of prey, especially an eagle, typically built high in a tree or on a cliff'? -Airy- -Aerie-

What is 'aerie'?

500

Which of these means 'eventually'? -Air- -Are- -E'er- -Ere- -Err- -Heir-

What is 'ere'?

Double

100

Fill in the blanks: The _____ announced that they ______ flash photography for their performance. -Banned and band- -Band and banned-

What is 'band and banned'?

200

Which of these means 'a part of the circumference of a circle or other curve'? -Arc- -Ark-

What is 'arc'?

300

Fill in the blanks: It is _____ outside, so I will make myself a bowl of _____ to warm up. -Chili and chilly- -Chilly and chili-

What is 'chilly and chili'?

400

Fill in the blanks: I ___ the entire _____. -Eight and stake- -Ate and stake- -Eight and steak- -Ate and stake-

What is 'ate and steak'?

500

Which of these means 'a drinking cup'? -Stoup- -Stoop-

What is Stoup?

Triple

100

Fill in the blanks: I gave the gift to Yasmeena since it's _____ her. It contained ____ emoji pillows. She was so happy that when she was jumping up and down with joy, she accidentally hit and broke the ____ of her arm. -Fore, four, for- -Fore, for, four- -Four, fore, for- -Four, for, fore- -For, four, fore- -For, fore, four-

What is for, four, and fore?

200

Fill in the blank: I ___ down the ____ because our car was getting ____. -Road, rode, and toed- -Road, rode, and toed- -Road, rode, and towed- -Rode, road, and toed- -Rode, road, and towed-

What is rode, road, and towed?

300

Which one of these is used incorrectly? -The saint is holy- -The jeans are wholey- -I am wholey sorry-

What is 'the jeans are wholey'?

400

Fill in the blanks: She ____ the _____ on the map as her teacher is about to _____ it because they are taking a test on it. -Seas, sees, seize- -Seas, seize, sees- -Sees, seas, seize- -Sees, seize, seas-

What is sees, seas, seize?

500

Which of these is used correctly? -The iron ore is a dark grey color- -Would you like your hot chocolate with water or milk?- -I used the oar to paddle down the stream- -All of them are correct-

What is 'all of them are correct'?

Spelling

100

Which of these is spelled correctly for the meaning of 'salt works, salt pit'? -Witch- -Whitch- -Wich-

What is 'Wich'?

200

Which one of these is spelled incorrectly? -Two- -Too- -Tou-

What is 'tou'?

300

Which of these is spelled incorrectly? -Forth- -Fourth- -Neither of them- -Both of them-

What is 'neither of them'?

400

Find the word that is spelled incorrectly that means 'walk at a steady and consistent speed, especially back and forth and as an expression of one's anxiety or annoyance'. -Pased- -Paste-

What is 'pased'?

500

Which of these is spelled incorrectly? -Theyr'e- -Their- -There-

What is theyr'e?