Spelling/Vocabulary Quiz_homophones/homographs/homonyms

What is a homonym?

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
• Words that sound alike and are spelled alike but have different meanings.
• Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and have different pronunciations

What is a homograph?

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
• Words that sound alike and are spelled alike but have different meanings.
• Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and have different pronunciations

What is a homophone?

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
• Words that sound alike and are spelled alike but have different meanings.
• Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and have different pronunciations

Which word correctly fills in the blank? We wanted to buy a new ______ of shoes for school.

• pear
• pair

Which word correctly fills in the blank? Although we did not know the answer to all the questions on the test, we must have ______ correctly to make a 100!

• guessed
• guest

Which word correctly fills in the blank? The ______ wore his shining armor and fought for the princess.

• knight
• night

Which word correctly fills in the blank? I was able to choose between eating an apple or a ______ for my fruit at lunch.

• pear
• pair

Which word correctly fills in the blank? I was not ______ eating lunch, but my teacher said it was time to leave anyway.

• threw
• through

Which word correctly fills in the blank? The ______, or rabbit, ran quickly through the trees in the forest.

• hair
• hare

Which word correctly fills in the blank? We made a ______ list of 300 people for our wedding.

• guessed
• guest