Everyday Spelling

Name: ______Period: ______

Everyday Spelling Lesson 4 – Homophones

A homophone is a word that sounds exactly like another word but has a different spelling and meaning: herd, heard. Write each word TWICE in the blank.

1. herd ______11. complement ______

2. capital ______12. their ______

3. principle ______13. capitol ______

4. there ______14. heard ______

5. straight ______15. principal ______

6. compliment ______16. hostile ______

7. stationery ______17. shear ______

8. idle 18. idol ______

______19. stationary ______

9. hostel ______20. strait ______

10. sheer ______

Write the homophone pairs (The word on each side will be different but SOUND the same)

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______WORD PAIRS Use the context to help you write the correct homophone pair for each sentence. ______1. The ____ of buffalo stampeded because

______2. they ___ the blast of the hunters’ rifles.

______3. Lionel said he never met anyone at a youth _____ in Europe

______4. who was _____ to him.

______5. We wanted them to park _____ car

______6. over ______under the shade of that tree.

______7. The ______of our school insists that students wear long

______8. pants as a matter of ______.

______9. Ships must steer a _____ course when they

______10. navigate through the narrow _____.

______11. Though she had been the ______of the movie fans everywhere,

______12. she had been _____ for more than a decade.

WORD ASSOCIATON

Write the list words suggested by each group of words. Use a dictionary as needed.

______13. Letter; A, B, C

______14. Writing paper, envelopes

______15. Cut, trim

______16. Praise, congratulate

______17. Building, dome

______18. Transparent, thin

______19. Immovable, still

______20. Supplement, complete

ANTONYM ALERT

Write the list word that means the opposite of each word below.

______21. moveable

______22. insult

______23. friendly

______24. crooked

______25. here