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Homophones that trip you up

English · Spelling & Word Study · ages 9-10
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Complete: 'The rain did not ___ our game.'

    • affect
    • effect
    • afect

  2. Which of these words is the verb, the action of officially allowing something?

    • licence
    • license
    • lisence

  3. Which word means 'a result'?

    • affect
    • effect
    • defect

  4. In the sentence 'They're happy', they're is short for 'they are'.

    Circle one:   True   False

  5. Complete: 'The doctor's ___ was to practise every day.'

    • advice
    • advise
    • adivce

  6. Complete: 'Please put your bags over ___.'

    • their
    • they're
    • there

  7. Which word means 'a small island'?

    • aisle
    • isle
    • ile

  8. Complete: '___ coming to the park with us?'

    • Whose
    • Whos
    • Who's

  9. Read this sentence: 'The film had a big affect on me.' What is the mistake?

    • It needs the noun for a result, not the verb
    • 'film' should start with a capital letter
    • 'big' should be 'bigger'

  10. Read this sentence: 'Grandpa walked down the isle to buy some bread.' What is the mistake?

    • A walkway word is needed, not the island word
    • 'Grandpa' should not have a capital letter
    • 'walked' should be spelled 'walkd'
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Homophones that trip you up W1-mt_u3OuIXqmAo-s1

  1. affect · The sentence needs a verb meaning to change something, and that is affect. Effect is the noun for a result.
  2. license · License with an s is the verb, the action of allowing something. Licence with a c is the noun, the document.
  3. effect · Effect is the noun for a result. Affect is usually the verb for changing something, and defect means a flaw.
  4. True · They're is a contraction of 'they are'. The apostrophe stands for the missing letters.
  5. advice · This spot needs a noun after 'was', so it's advice, the thing the doctor gave.
  6. there · The sentence points to a place, so it needs there. Their shows belonging, and they're means they are.
  7. isle · Isle means a small island. An aisle is a walkway, and ile is not a real word.
  8. Who's · The sentence means 'who is coming', so it needs Who's, the short form of who is.
  9. It needs the noun for a result, not the verb · The sentence talks about a result, so it needs effect, the noun. Affect is the verb for changing something.
  10. A walkway word is needed, not the island word · Grandpa walked along a walkway, so the sentence needs aisle. Isle means a small island.
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