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Vocabulary — Homophones & Homonyms

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  1. 1.

    Choose the correct word: 'I can ___ (hear/here) the music.'

    (a) hear(b) here(c) heer(d) heir
  2. 2.

    Fill in: 'The ___ (weather/whether) is very hot today.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  3. 3.

    Choose: 'She ___ (threw/through) the ball ___ (threw/through) the window.'

    (a) threw, through(b) through, threw(c) threw, threw(d) through, through
  4. 4.

    Which word means 'also'? 'to / too / two'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  5. 5.

    Choose the correct word: 'We should ___ (not/knot) waste food.'

    (a) not(b) knot(c) naught(d) note
  6. 6.

    Fill in: 'The ___ (bare/bear) walked into the forest.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  7. 7.

    The word 'bat' can mean a flying animal or a piece of sports equipment. This makes 'bat' a:

    (a) homophone(b) homonym(c) synonym(d) antonym
  8. 8.

    Choose: 'The ___ (principal/principle) of the school gave a speech about good ___ (principals/principles).'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  9. 9.

    Which pair are homophones?

    (a) big / large(b) read / red(c) happy / sad(d) run / walk
  10. 10.

    Fill in: 'Please ___ (write/right) your name on the ___ (write/right) side of the page.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  11. 11.

    The word 'light' can mean 'not heavy' or 'brightness'. What type of word is 'light'?

    (a) Homophone(b) Homonym(c) Antonym(d) Synonym
  12. 12.

    Choose: 'The knight rode ___ (through/threw) the night on his ___ (horse/hoarse) with a ___ (sword/soared).'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  13. 13.

    Which sentence uses 'their', 'there', and 'they're' correctly?

    (a) Their going to there house over they're.(b) They're going to their house over there.(c) There going to they're house over their.(d) They're going to there house over their.
  14. 14.

    Fill in all blanks: 'I ___ (knew/new) the ___ (knew/new) student. She was the ___ (sun/son) of our ___ (knows/nose) doctor.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  15. 15.

    The word 'bank' can mean a financial institution or the side of a river. Give a sentence for each meaning.

  16. 16.

    Which word completes both sentences? 'The ___ was too bright.' / 'She felt ___ after the workout.'

    (a) light(b) bright(c) tired(d) sun
  17. 17.

    Choose the correct words: 'The ___ (flour/flower) is used to make bread, and the ___ (flour/flower) is used to decorate the table.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  18. 18.

    Which pair contains a homophone AND a homonym?

    (a) see/sea and bat (animal/equipment)(b) big/large and happy/sad(c) run/walk and sit/stand(d) red/blue and green/yellow
  19. 19.

    Fill in: 'The ___ (stationery/stationary) car blocked the road. I bought ___ (stationery/stationary) for school.'

    Answer: ____________________________________

  20. 20.

    Create a sentence using two different meanings of the word 'ring'.

Answer key — P4 English: Vocabulary — Homophones & Homonyms

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  1. 1.(a) hear
  2. 2.weather
  3. 3.(a) threw, through
  4. 4.too
  5. 5.(a) not
  6. 6.bear
  7. 7.(b) homonym
  8. 8.principal, principles
  9. 9.(b) read / red
  10. 10.write, right
  11. 11.(b) Homonym
  12. 12.through, horse, sword
  13. 13.(b) They're going to their house over there.
  14. 14.knew, new, daughter, nose
  15. 15.I deposited money at the bank. We sat on the bank of the river.
  16. 16.(a) light
  17. 17.flour, flower
  18. 18.(a) see/sea and bat (animal/equipment)
  19. 19.stationary, stationery
  20. 20.She heard the ring of the phone while admiring her new ring.
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