One-Minute Challenge~
Print this page out and then set the
timer for one-minute and see how many of the following you can
get done in the one-minute time. Good Luck!
Time for some homonyms! Homonyms
are words that sound the same as another word or words but have
different meanings and are spelled differently. Read the sentence.
Then tell which is the correct homonym that fits the definition.
How many can you correctly get in one minute?
1) Is it rude to STAIR or STARE?
2) Is a teddy a BARE or BEAR?
3) Is a buzzing insect a BEE or a BE?
4) Do you sail out to SEE or SEA?
5) If you've gotten bigger, have you
GROWN or GROAN?
6) Is money borrowed a LONE or a LOAN?
7) Does blood go through a VANE, VEIN,
or a VAIN?
8) Is the horse's hair a MAINE, MANE,
or MAIN?
9) Are seven days a WEAK or a WEEK?
10) Will you climb to a mountain's PEEK
or PEAK?
11) Do you eat a STAKE or a STEAK?
12) Will a window BRAKE or BREAK?
13) Is the glass a PAIN or PANE?
14) Does the king REIN, REIGN or RAIN?
15) Do clocks strike on the OUR or the
HOUR?
16) Is bread made with FLOUR or FLOWER?
17) If you change the color, do you
DYE or DIE?
18) If you are near are you BUY or BY?
19) Is money owed DEW or DUE?
20) Is a female sheep a YOU or a EWE?
21) Is clothing what you WARE or WEAR?
22) Do bald men lack HARE or HAIR?
23) Is to carry to HALL or HAUL?
24) Is to cry to BALL or BAWL?
25) Does a chimney have a FLUE or a
FLEW?
26) Is also TWO, TO or TOO?
27) Is a man in armor a NIGHT or KNIGHT?
28) Is a letter what you RIGHT or WRITE?
29) When the game is over have you ONE
or WON?
30) Is the greatest star the SUN or
the SON?
31) When your voice is scratchy are
you HORSE or HOARSE?
32) When something is rough is it COURSE
or COARSE?
33) When you listen do you HEAR or HERE?
34) Does the boat dock at the PIER or
PEER?
35) Is all of something HOLE or WHOLE?
36) Is a part in a play a ROLL or ROLE?
37) Do you breathe the HEIR or AIR?
38) Do you eat a PAIR, PARE, or PEAR?
39) Is a bucket a PALE or PAIL?
40) Will the boat have a SALE or SAIL?
*BONUS*
If you finished in less than a minute,
try these bonus questions:
41) Popcorn has a COLONEL or a KERNEL?
42) Is a youngster a MINOR or MINER?
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