Homophones and Homographs Challenge
A Grade 5 ELA worksheet focusing on understanding and identifying homophones and homographs through various engaging exercises.
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Homophones and Homographs Challenge
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Read each section's instructions carefully and answer all questions to the best of your ability.
Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings. For example, 'to,' 'too,' and 'two' are homophones.
Choose the correct homophone to complete each sentence.
1. I need to a letter to my grandmother. (write/right)
2. The sun is shining today. (bright/bite)
3. Can I have a of cake? (piece/peace)
4. The ran around the track. (hare/hair)
5. We went the store to buy groceries. (to/too/two)
Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations. For example, 'bow' (to bend at the waist) and 'bow' (a knot tied with ribbon) are homographs.
Read each sentence and choose the correct meaning of the underlined homograph.
1. The band played a great song.
a musical group
a strip of material
to fasten with a strip
a type of rubber
2. Please close the door when you leave.
to shut
near
a small room
a secret
1. Write two sentences using the homophones 'there' and 'their' correctly.
2. Write two sentences using the homograph 'read' (one past tense, one present tense).
Determine if each statement is True or False.
1. 'Flower' and 'flour' are homophones.
True
False
2. 'Bat' (animal) and 'bat' (sports equipment) are homophones.
True
False