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VOCABULARY WORKSHEET 2

HOMOPHONES/HOMONYMS/HOMOGRAPHS

Class: SR I Subject: English

Name: _______________________ Date: _______________

HOMOPHONES
Homophones is a general categorization of words that are pronounced the same way but have
different meanings. Sometimes they’re spelled identically and sometimes they aren’t.

Types of Homophones

When two words sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings, they
are known as homonyms. For example, “knead” and “need” are homonyms.

Homographs

Homographs are words that have the exact same spelling, but different meanings. Sometimes
they are pronounced differently, and sometimes the pronunciation is the same. It is important
to use context clues to decide the meaning and pronunciation of the word.

PART1
Choose the correct word from the given pair of homonyms.

1. My brother and I went stargazing last knight / night .

2. We went out alone to a field by the creak / creek .

3. All of a sudden I saw a bright light soar / sore over our heads.

4. Then we heard / herd a crashing sound.

5. We started walking toward the noise and we saw a big hole / whole in the ground.

6. As we got closer, a cloud of smoke flew / flue from the crater.

7. "Oh dear / deer !" my brother said.

8. A little green and purple alien with 20 feat / feet crawled out of the wreckage.

9. The alien had a glowing vain / vein on his forehead.

10. "Take me to your leader / liter ." said the alien.

11. My brother said, "Ok, right over their / there / they're ," and he pointed at me.

12. My face turned pale / pail and I looked at my brother and said, "Really?"

13. The alien started glowing blue and said, "Don't worry. I come in peace / piece ."

14. "That's grate / great because we didn't want to hurt you," said my brother.

15. He can be so dense / dents some times.

16. "It looks like you crashed your plain / plane or whatever. Can we help you?" I said.

17. The alien said, "I need to refill the fuel cell / sell on my ship."

18. I was trying to rap / wrap my head around his request, when the alien saw my brother's grape soda.

19. The alien said to my brother, "May I sea / see your beverage?"

20. My brother sat there and didn't say anything like his tongue was tide / tied .

21. "Go ahead and give him some / sum ." I said, "Listen to your leader."

22. My brother side / sighed and handed the alien his grape soda.

23. "Are you going to poor / pore / pour that in your ship?" asked my brother.

24. The alien drank the rest of the soda and threw / through the empty can on the smoking wreckage.

25. "No, I just like soda." the alien said as the raise / rays from the moon bounced off his shiny forehead

Part Two
Choose the correct word from the given pair of homonyms.

1. Since the weather / whether was clear, my cousin and I went to the ocean.
2. We decided to board / bored a ship that was headed to deep waters.
3. We brought all our diving gear onto the boat and set sail / sale for
adventure.
4. The captain steered us into a large waive / wave and I almost fell off the
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5. We crossed the straight / strait off the port and headed for the open sea.

6. The old wooden peer / pier from which we departed faded into a speck on the horizon.

7. Our Captain used to be a colonel / kernel in the navy.

8. He was discharged for hornswoggling, so now he is no longer a naval / navel man.

9. My cousin still said, "Aye aye / Eye eye / I I , Captain!" every time the man spoke to us.

10. After the anchor was throne / thrown into the water, my cousin and I put on our diving gear.

11. We both said, "Serf's / Surf's up!" at the same time and jumped into the ocean.

12. Our gear became a lot lighter and easier to bare / bear once we got in the water.

13. The waters were peaceful and we began our descent / dissent to the seafloor.

14. As we passed / past a coral reef, we saw a tiger shark.

15. My first thought was that we should flea / flee but there was no going back.

16. Our air hoses would get tangled in the reef, so we had to keep moving foreword / forward.

17. The tiger shark swam by us and we were happy to have missed / mist him.

18. "Wow, I hope we don't run into a wail / wale / whale next," said my cousin.

19. Of course the next thing we saw was the tail / tale of a very large creature.

20. My cousin and I both guessed / guest at what it was, but we had no idea.

21. When we got closer, we saw that it was a manta raise / rays / ray's / raze tail.

22. The manta swam threw / through the coral reef when we got closer.

23. Then my cousin tried to warn / worn me that we needed to get back to the surface.

24. "We're going to run out of air / err / heir ," he said.

25. "I'll never run out of errors," I said jokingly, "so I hope you know which / witch way to go."
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Homographs

Read the definitions, then write the appropriate homograph from the word bank on each
line.

______________________________ 1. A slender piece of wood or cardboard tipped with

______________________________ 2. Personal behavior; to lead or guide (as an orchestra or

_______________________________3. Moves forward or onward, especially after stopping;

_______________________________4. A unit of measurement equal to three feet; the ground

_______________________________5. A competition between rivals; to argue against.

_______________________________6. To allow to do something; an official certificate or

_______________________________7. Something that makes things visible; an illuminator; to

_______________________________8. Excellent or complete for its kind; fitting the need of a

Word Bank

match letter light object perfect

permit proceeds conduct contest yard

EXERCISE 2: Complete the Story with Homographs

Choose homographs from the word bank to complete the story below. Words will be used
more than once.

Robert and Nevaeh were on the same baseball team. When it was his turn at _________, the
_______________ threw Robert a fast ball. He hit the ball far across the park. Nevaeh _______
up out of her seat with excitement. Her hands moved quickly. She was deaf, and she knew how
to ___________ in American Sign Language. She did not make any noise, but she was so happy
as the her teammate came in from his home-run hit that there was a _____________ in her
eye. After the game, the friends decided to walk to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Nevaeh
took off her baseball cap and put a _________ in her hair. She chose it especially to
____________the color of her uniform shirt. They walked past the _________ of parked cars
and stopped at the traffic ___________________. When it turned green, they crossed the
street. Robert saw the ____________ for Pizza Palace first. His mouth began to water. They
went inside and let their eyes adjust to the dark room. After they sat down at a table, the
manager came over with a ______________ to ______________ the candle on their table. The
flame gave off a low, dancing light. A vase on the table held a single red _________________.
Nevaeh and Robert both began to laugh. They were just friends, but this was suddenly
beginning to feel like a date. When the waiter came to the table to take their order, he gave a
small ___________. Nevaeh began to ____________ with her hands, but the waiter did not
understand. Robert laughed and quickly told the confused man the _______________ of her
order. She wanted spaghetti and meatballs with parmesan cheese, and a green salad with ranch
dressing. Robert ordered raviolis and garlic bread. They shared a _________________ of iced
tea. Since Nevaeh needed her hands to help her talk, their lunch was rather quiet. The friends
were ________________ to eat in silence, enjoying each other’s company and the good food.
When they finally____________ from the table to go home, they were very full. Since they lived
by a lake, Robert got an idea for another fun activity. “Hey!” he signed, “Can you
_______________ a boat?” “If you don’t mind a quiet ride!” she laughed as she signed. So off
to the lake they went.
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Word Bank bat rose sign row tear light match bow content pitcher

Homographs Puzzle

Directions: Identify a homograph for each set of meanings. Then use each homograph in a
sentence to demonstrate each meaning.

1. homograph: _____________________________

A. a large, dry, sandy area B. to leave or abandon

2. homograph: _____________________________

A. a prettily tied ribbon or cloth B. to bend at the waist

3. homograph: _____________________________

A. a low, male voice B. a type of fish

4. homograph: _____________________________

A. fruits or vegetables B. to make or create something

5. homograph: _____________________________

A. exposed or at the mercy of B. topic

6. homograph: _____________________________

A. to travel on a looping path B. moving air