Homophones — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Choose the correct word: Her shirt was bright ___ like an apple.
A) red
B) read
C) redd
D) reed
Red names a color, while read is an action with books or print.
2. Choose the correct word: Her ___ helped her bake cookies today.
A) sun
B) son
C) sonn
D) sunn
Son means a boy in a family, while sun is the bright star in our sky.
3. Choose the correct word: I ___ my whole sandwich at lunchtime.
A) eight
B) ate
C) aite
D) eate
Ate is the past tense of eat, while eight is the number that follows seven.
4. Choose the correct word: A ___ in armor rode through the town.
A) night
B) knight
C) nite
D) knyt
Knight is a brave person from old stories, while night means the dark time of day.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. I read my favorite book two times already.
Read means to look at words, while red is just a color like fire trucks.
2. The sun warms the sand at the beach.
Sun is the big star that lights our day, not a boy in a family.
3. There are eight crayons in my small blue box.
Eight is the number 8, which we use to count things like crayons.
4. I got home before the night became too dark.
Night names the dark part of each day, not a person riding a horse.
5. Her balloon was red and shaped like a heart.
Red is a color we see on balloons, apples, and stop signs.