Homophones

I cannot wait / weight to receive your letter in the male / mail. Choose the correct answers for the sentence.

• weight / male

• wait / mail

• wait / male

• weight / mail

Answer explanation

Weight means how heavy or light something is.

Wait is a for a period of time.

Male means not female.

Mail is any letter delivered by the post person.

We ate / eight a lot of meat / meet at the Barbeque yesterday. Choose the correct answers for the sentence.

• eight / meat

• ate / meet

• ate / meat

• eight / meet

Answer explanation

Ate the past tense of eat.

Eight is the number after 7.

Meet means to join someone at a choosen place.

Meat the flesh of an animal.

Tomorrow we hope the son / sun will be shining because we are going to the beach / beech.

• sun / beach

• son / beech

• sun / beech

• son / beach

Last week / weak I rode a horse for / four the first time.

• week / four

• weak / for

• weak / four

• week / for

Answer explanation

Four is a number.

For used to show the place someone or something is going to.

Weak not strong.

Week seven days.

My dog hurt his paws / pause digging in / inn the yard.

• pause / inn

• paws / in

• pause / in

• paws / inn

Answer explanation

Pause means to stop.

Paws are an animal's feet.

Inn a type of hotel.

In to show movement.

We passed / past one / won of our many beautiful beaches on our way home.

• passed / one

• past / won

• passed / won

• past / one

Answer explanation

Past means gone by.

Passed means to go before.

One a number.

Won the past tense of win.

My mother had to sew / so a blue / blew button on my coat.

• so / blew

• sew / blew

• so / blue

• sew / blue

Answer explanation

Sew to make stitches with a needle.

So in order to.

Blue a colour.

Blew past tense of blow.

The which / witch laughed and flew / flu away on her broom.

• witch / flew

• which / flu

• which / flew

• witch / flu

Answer explanation

A witch is a woman with magical powers.

Which means to compare two things.

Flu or a type of cold.

Flew the past tense of fly.