Homonyms

1. yolk, yoke 2. write, rite, right 3. wring, ring 4. whale, wail 5. waste, waist 6. tow, toe 7. teem, team 8. tee, tea 9. surf, serf 10. sun, son 11. suit, soot 12. stare, stair 13. soul, sole 14. sleigh, slay 15. shoo, shoe 16. seed, cede 17. sale, sail 18. row, roe 19. rowed, rode, road 20. reed, read 21. rein, reign, rain 22. prize, pries 23. prey, pray 24. pour, pore, poor 25. plumb, plum 26. pie, pi 27. pear, pare, pair 28. pee, pea 29. nose, no, knows, know 30. mussel, muscle 31. maze, maize 32. male, mail 33. lens, lends 34. leek, leak 35. not, knot 36. horse, hoarse 37. heel, heal 38. hare, hair 39. hale, hail 40. flower, flour 41. flee, flea 42. ferry, fairy 43. I, eye, aye 44. dough, doe 45. due, do, dew 46. deer, dear 47. clime, climb 48. sealing, ceiling 49. carrot, caret, carat 50. bye, by, buy 51. burrow, borough 52. bred, bread 53. break, brake 54. blue, blew 55. bee, be 56. bear, bare 57. beech, beach 58. aunt, ant 59. axe, ax, acts 60. add, ad 61. effect, affect 62. ale, ail 63. heir, ere, air 64. isle, idol, I'll, aisle 65. aloud, allowed 66. alter, altar 67. assent, ascent 68. eight, ate 69. beet, beat 70. build, billed 71. capitol, capital 72. sell, cell 73. seller, cellar 74. sent, scent, cent 75. chilly, chili 76. cord, chord 77. site, sight, cite 78. clothes, close 79. compliment, complement 80. counsel, council 81. daze, days

1. dependents, dependence 2. dyer, dire 3. discrete, discreet 4. dye, die 5. dyed, died 6. urn, earn 7. fax, facts 8. feint, faint 9. fare, fair 10. feet, feat 11. fur, fir 12. flue, flu, flew 13. fourth, forth 14. fowl, foul 15. great, grate 16. grown, groan 17. guest, guessed 18. haul, hall 19. have, halve 20. here, hear 21. heed, he'd 22. herd, heard 23. high, hi 24. hire, higher 25. our, hour 26. hue, hew 27. idol, idle 28. isle, idol, idle, I'll, aisle 29. incidents, incidence 30. inn, in 31. its, it's 32. need, kneed, knead 33. new, knew, gnu 34. lax, lacks 35. led, lead 36. least, leased 37. lesson, lessen 38. lye, lie 39. lone, loan 40. maid, made 41. mane, main 42. maul, mall 43. manor, manner 44. meet, meat 45. minor, miner 46. mist, missed 47. mown, moan 48. mowed, mode 49. mousse, moose 50. mourning, morning 51. mustered, mustard 52. navel, naval 53. nun, none 54. ore, or, oar 55. won, one 56. overdue, overdo 57. owe, oh 58. pact, packed 59. pale, pail 60. pane, pain 61. past, passed 62. paste, paced 63. patients, patience 64. paws, pause 65. piece, peace 66. peek, peak 67. peddle, pedal 68. plane, plain 69. poll, pole 70. pour, poor 71. preys, prays, praise 72. presents, presence 73. prints, prince 74. prophet, profit 75. prose, pros 76. quartz, quarts 77. wrap, rap 78. raze, rays, raise 79. reel, real 80. reseed, recede 81. revue, review

1. roll, role 2. route, root 3. ruff, rough 4. wry, rye 5. seen, scene 6. see, sea 7. seem, seam 8. seize, sees, seas 9. so, sew 10. sighed, side 11. size, sighs 12. sore, soar 13. sum, some 14. steak, stake 15. strait, straight 16. sweet, suite 17. sunny, sonny 18. tale, tail 19. tax, tacks 20. tease, teas 21. they're, there, their 22. thrown, throne 23. through, threw 24. tick, tic 25. tied, tide 26. turn, tern 27. vein, vain 28. versus, verses 29. vile, vial 30. weighed, wade 31. weight, wait 32. wave, waive 33. wok, walk 34. weed, wee, we'd, we 35. were, we're 36. week, weak 37. where, wear 38. wine, whine 39. whole, hole 40. woe, whoa 41. would, wood 42. you, yew, ewe affect - change beat - to pound effect – result or consequence beet – type of edible plant air – atmosphere (the stuff we berth – tie up breathe) birth – to be born err – to make a mistake bite - nibble aisle - walkway byte – 8 bits (computer data) I’ll – I will isle - island blew – past of blow blue – color of ocean allowed - permitted aloud – out loud boar - pig bore – not interesting bore - to drill ant – picnic pest aunt – relative, as in your mom’s borough – area or district sister burrow – dig through arc - curve ark – Noah’s boat bough - branch bow – bend or curtsy ate – chewed up and swallowed eight – number after seven buoy - floater boy – young man bare - uncovered bear – grizzly animal brake – stop pedal break – smash berry – fruit from a bush bury – to put underground bread – bakery food bred – form of breed base – bottom part bass – deep or low brows - eyebrows browse – look around be – to exist bee – buzzing insect buy - purchase by - beside beach – sandy shore bye- short for goodbye beech – type of tree cell – compartment dew – morning mist sell - vend do - operate due - payable cent – penny coin sent – did send die – cease to exist dye - color cereal – breakfast food serial - sequential doe – female dear dough – uncooked bread Chile – country in South America chili – bean stew dual - double chilly – frosty duel - battle chord – musical tone ewe – female sheep cord - rope you - second-person personal pronoun cite - quote eye – sight organ site - location I - me sight - view fair - equal close – opposite of open fare - price clothes - clothing feat – achievement complement – enhance; go together feet – plural of foot compliment - praise fir – type of tree council - committee fur – animal hair counsel - guidance flea – small biting insect creak - squeak flee - run creek – stream of water flew – did fly crews - gangs flu – illness cruise – ride on a boat flour – powdery, ground up grain dear - darling flower – blooming plant deer – woodland animal for – on behalf of hole - opening fore - front whole - entire four – one more than three holey – full of holes forth - onward holy - divine fourth – number four wholly - entirely knew – did know hour – sixty minutes new – not old our – belonging to us gorilla – big ape knead - massage guerrilla - warrior need - desire grease - fat knight – feudal horseman Greece – country in Europe night - evening groan - moan knot – tied rope grown – form of grow not - negative hair – head covering know – have knowledge hare – rabbit-like animal no – opposite of yes hall - passageway lead – metal haul - tow led - was the leader hay – animal food lessen – make smaller hey – interjection to get attention lesson - class heal - mend loan - lend heel – back of foot lone - solitary hi - hello made – did make high – up far maid - servant hoarse - croaky mail - postage horse – riding animal male – opposite of female marry – to wed pole - post merry – very happy poll - survey meat – animal protein poor – not rich meet - encounter pour – make flow none – not any pray – implore God nun – woman who takes special vows prey - quarry oar – boat paddle principal – most important or - otherwise principle - belief ore - mineral rain – water from sky oh – expression of surprise or awe rein - bridle owe – be obligated rap - tap one - single wrap – drape around won – did win real - factual overdo – do too much reel - roll overdue – past due date right – correct; not left pail - bucket write - scribble pale – not bright ring - encircle pain - hurt wring - squeeze pane – window glass role - function peace - calm roll - rotate piece - segment rose - flower peak – highest point rows - lines peek - glance sail – move by wind power plain - ordinary sale – bargain price plane – flight machine plane - flat surface scene - landscape seen - viewed sea – ocean segment tail – animal’s appendage see – observe with eyes tale - story seam – joining edge their – belonging to them seem - appear there – at that place they’re – they are sew – connect with thread so – as a result to - toward sow - plant too - also soar - ascend toe – foot appendage sore – hurt place tow – pull along sole - single vary - differ soul - essence very - much some – a few wail - howl sum - amount whale – huge swimming mammal steal - swipe steel - alloy waist – area below ribs waste - squander wait – kill time weight – measurable load war - battle wore – did wear warn - caution worn - used way - path weigh – measure mass weak – not strong week – period of seven days weather - climate whether - if which - that witch – sorcerer your – belonging to you you’re – you are

Homonyms Worksheet 1 Underline the word within parentheses that best fits each sentence.

Example: When (your, you’re) in New York, be sure to visit the Museum of Natural History.

1. The winners of the World Series (road, rode) down Main Street in a parade. 2. After reading murder mysteries all summer, she decided to (right, write) one

herself.

3. While I was cleaning, I found some (loose, lose) change under the cushions.

4. Thunder and (lightning, lightening) kept the campers awake all night.

5. The young woman put a lock on her (diary, dairy) when she realized her

roommate had been reading it.

6. A square has four (right, write) (angles, angels).

7. The runners stood (altogether, all together) near the starting line, waiting for the

signal to take (there, their) places.

8. The trip was great, (accept, except) for the day the car broke down in the (dessert,

desert).

9. The broken-hearted man wrote to the (advice, advise) columnist.

10. Going to college can (altar, alter) a person’s view about many things.

11. The play was an (hour, our) long.

12. The neighborhood (counsel, council) agreed to patrol the park at night.

13. Professional bakers have special (devices, devises) that help them form a (piece,

peace) of pastry quite easily.

14. The amount of oxygen in the air (lessens, lessons) as the climbers reach higher

levels.

15. Scott Kamiel (maybe, may be) the best (pitcher, picture) we have ever had.

16. Prince Charles will (rain, reign) as the next King of England. 17. Do you know (who’s, whose) car is blocking the driveway?

18. The last (scene, seen) of the movie was filmed from a helicopter.

19. He hid the candy bar (were, where) his brothers could not find it.

20. Everything costs more now ( then, than) it used (to, too).

21. Some days the smog in Los Angeles is so thick that people can barely (breath, breathe), and the paramedics have more (patience, patients) than they can handle