Pandora/Race to the Top Word Study

Which pair of homophones means "to look at" and "a step"?

• see, sea

• ate, eight

• feet, feat

• stare, stair

Which pair of homophones means "a king's chair" and "tossed"?

• brake, break

• knight, night

• side, sighed

• throne, thrown

Which pair of homophones means "move or go by" and "long ago"?

• peak, peek

• beat, beet

• passed, past

• heard, herd

Which pair of homophones means "lighter than normal" and "a bucket"?

• idle, idol

• pale, pail

• pair, pear

• steal, steel

The homophone that best matches the meanings "a penny" and "smell" are...

• I, eye

• one, won

• soul, sole

• cent, scent

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

She will ______ at the box for hours.

• stare

• stahr

• stair

• staire

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The cat loves to sit on the top ______.

• stare

• stahr

• stair

• staire

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Pandora had a sweet _____.

• sole

• sool

• soul

• soule

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The little boy tore the ______ of his shoe.

• sole

• sool

• soul

• soule

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

He tried to ____________ from the gods.

• steel

• steil

• steal

• steyl