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.

 

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