Homophones
Authored by L. Antonini
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
____ is a ghost inside my house!
Their
There
They're
Answer explanation
The jiangshi, a Chinese ghost, is known to move with its arms outstretched as it hops toward its victims.
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CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Oh, no! ____ table - it's broken.
Their
There
They're
Answer explanation
Tempered glass can withstand a pressure of 24,000 psi without breaking. A piece that is 11 by 16 inches with a thickness of 3/16 inch can support about 240 pounds.
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CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
I heard ___ predicting a long, cold winter.
their
there
they're
Answer explanation
The coldest month of the year in Baytown is January, with an average low of 47°F and high of 62°F.
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CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
____ many cooks spoil the pot.
To
Too
Two
Answer explanation
A similar idiom is "a camel is a horse designed by a committee."
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CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
___ be, or not ___ be, that is the question...
To
Too
Two
Answer explanation
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
or to take arms against a sea of troubles
and, by opposing, end them.
-- from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Please provide me with ___ pairs of Air Force 1s.
to
too
two
Answer explanation
The Nike Air Force 1 was created by designer Bruce Kilgore in 1982, and it was the first basketball shoe to use the "Nike Air" technology. Now, over 1,700 color variations have been produced, bringing in an estimated $800 million per year in sales.
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CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
She thinks she is ___ cool for school.
to
too
two
Answer explanation
"Cool" meant "cold" as in temperature until the early 1900s when Black artists like Zora Neale Hurston began using it in text and audio media (see her 1935 collection, Mules and Men) to mean "unbothered, stylish," and "fashionable."
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CCSS.L.4.1G
CCSS.L.K.4A
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