Homophones
Name
How Do You Spell That?
Choose a homophone pair to complete
each sentence.
board—bored
knows—nose
hour—our
threw—through
horse—hoarse
days—daze
dessert—desert
heel—heal
none—nun
patients—patience
1. Lexie was losing her __________________ as it seemed like all the __________________
in her wing of the hospital wanted a nurse for something.
2. “How can they __________________ me at lunchtime?” she wondered. “I was
especially looking forward to __________________.”
3. __________________ of the nurses had come back after breakfast except for a kind
__________________ named Sister Mary.
4. Sister Mary had found a __________________ made of slate and some colored chalk
which she thought might keep Lexie from getting __________________.
5. For several __________________ following her accident, Lexie had been in a kind of
__________________.
6. Lexie’s __________________ had reared and thrown her into a rocky ditch. She
became exhausted and __________________ trying to call for help.
7. After about an __________________, my family and I came by in __________________
van and rescued her.
8. Lexie’s __________________ was bleeding but Mom __________________ what to do for
something like that.
9. The doctor found out that she had torn the tendons in her __________________, but he
assured her they would __________________ in about three weeks.
10. One week later, my family and I went to visit Lexie at her house. As I walked
__________________ the door, I __________________ a stuffed horse in her arms. She
laughed and exclaimed, “Well, this horse will never throw me.”
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1. patience, patients; 2. desert, dessert;
3. None, nun; 4. board, bored; 5. days,
daze; 6. horse, hoarse; 7. hour, our;
8. nose, knows; 9. heel, heal;
10. through, threw