31st March 2026
windy, partly sunny, chilly
Tuesday
Homophones “ate” and “eight”
1. I ___ate______ too much at dinner.
2. The movie starts at ___eight______ o’clock sharp!
3. An octopus has ___eight__________ legs.
4. The monkey ____ate______ four bananas!
Homophones “be” and “bee”
1. A __bee_________ stung me at recess today.
2. She is supposed to __be_____ at work today.
3. I laughed when Mom said I was “Busy as a ___bee______.”
4. Hurry! I don’t want to _be_____ late.
Homophones “blew” and “blue”
1. My favorite color is _blue_______.
2. The wind ___blew______ the tree over.
3. He huffed and puffed and ___blew_______ the house made of hay.
4. The Pacific Ocean is a deep ___blue______ color.
recess / break = pauza
to huff and puff = a sufla puternic
hay = paie / fan
twigs = ramurele
Homophones “brake” and “break”
1. We had a quick ____break_________ for lunch.
2. The ______brake________ on her back tire didn’t work.
3. Mom had to hit the _________brake____ so we wouldn’t run the red light.
4. The doctor said the fracture on my arm was a clean ____break_______.
Homophones “dear” and “deer”
1. Be a _____dear____ and get me a drink please.
2. The ____deer_____ jumped right into the road in front of us.
3. My letter started, “____Dear_______ John.”
4. My Grandpa hunts ___deer___________.
Homophones “flour” and “flower”
1. We needed to borrow a cup of ____flour_______ to make our cookies.
2. My favorite ____flower_____ is the daisy.
3. My Grandma is always in her ____flower_______- garden.
4. __Flour________ is the main ingredient in bread.
Homophones “cent” and “scent” and “sent”
1. Tracy ______sent_____ her mom flowers for her birthday.
2. Vanilla is my favorite __________scent_______.
3. A penny is worth one ___cent_______.
4. The ______scent______ from her perfume was strong.
5. She was one ____cent________ short to pay for ice cream.
6. The scary movie ____sent_______________ shivers down my spine!
scent = miros / mireasma
to be short of money = a nu avea destui bani
shivers = fiori
to send shivers on my spine = a-mi da fiori pe sira spinarii
Homophones “grate” and “great”
1. I had to _grate_________ the cheese for the nachos.
2. My brother wants to be a ___great_______ golfer.
3. My __great________ grandma is 100 years old!
4. The truck is coming to _____grate_______ our dirt road today.
Homophones “hear” and “here”
1. I can’t ____hear________ you!
2. Come over __here_______!
3. We could __hear_______ the band leading the parade.
4. My Aunt Valerie is flying ___here_____ today.
Homophones “hole” and “whole”
1. She ate the __whole______ pizza.
2. Every bagel has a _____hole_____ in the center.
3. I spent my __whole________ allowance on baseball cards.
4. My favorite shirt has a __hole__________ in the armpit!
allowance = alocatie
Homophones “sew”, “so” and “sow”
1. My Grandma likes to _sew______ quilts.
2. Farmers ___sow________ seeds in the dirt.
3. She ran ___so_______ fast, she set a new record.
4. “You reap what you ____sow________.”
5. That roller coaster was __so______ fast, my hat blew off!
6. My mom is teaching me how to ___sew_______.
to sew - sewed - sown = a coase
to sow (ed) = a semana seminte
to reap (ed) = a culege / aduna
Homophones “knew” and “new”
1. She got mud on her ___new_______ shoes.
2. She ____knew________ she was in trouble.
3. I _knew______ the answer to the question first.
4. My mom is making a __new______ recipe for dinner.
receipt = chitanta
prescription = reteta medicala
to prescribe (ed) = a prescrie
Homophones “threw” and “through”
1. He ______threw________ a rock ________through____ the window.
2. Stars shine ___through_________ the darkness.
3. They ____threw________ rice at the bride and groom.
4. She ______threw______ away his pictures because she was _____through_______ with him.
Misused Words “than” and “then
1. I rather ride in the car _____than____ ride my bike.
2. You can ride your bike to my office and _____then____ I will drive you the rest of the way.
3. Let’s go to a movie and ___then______ go get ice cream.
4. Snowboarding is more fun __than_______ skiing.
Homophones / Misused Words “know” and “no” and “now”
1. I ___know______ where you live.
2. He said “____no__ onions” on the pizza.
3. She did not _____know_____ how to sing.
4. I want to go to the movie ___now_______.
5. ___Now_____ is the time to act if we want to get anything done!
6. My mom said, “___No______, you cannot go.”
Homophones “one” and “won”
1. My Uncle Tom _won__________ the game.
2. I have ______one______ pair of baseball cleats.
3. We never heard who _______won___ the game.
4. Our baseball team was ahead by ___one_______ point.
Homophones “pail” and “pale”
1. The ______pail_____ was full of water when it spilled.
2. She became _______pale____ when the doctor said she needed a shot.
3. She wore a _________pale____ blue dress for Easter.
4. My ______pail_____ had the most berries in it.
Homophones “pair” and “pare”
1. The recipe said to _____pare____ an apple.
2. A ___pair_____ of geese live in our pond.
3. My new _____pair___ of shoes was dirty.
4. I didn’t know how to __pare__________ the potato.
pond= iaz
goose- geese= gasca- gaste
Homophones “passed” and “past”
1. She _____passed_______ the house twice before she found it.
2. Her grandmother liked to remember the ____past________.
3. He __passed__________ the spelling test.
4. The bird flew right _____past________ the nest.
Homophones “plain” and “plane”
1. Mitchell only eats _plain_________ yogurt.
2. The __plane______ was two hours late.
3. A pilot flies a ____plane_________ for a living.
4. I wanted my ice cream ___plain______, with no extra toppings.
Homophones “read” and “red”
1. I wore a bright __red______ dress to the party.
2. I __read______ twenty pages in an hour.
3. Tomatoes are bright __red_________ in color.
4. The teacher ___read_________ out loud to her class.
Homophones “right” and “write”
1. Her aunt forgot to turn _____right_____ on Elm Street.
2. I have to _____write______ a four-page paper.
3. I bat with my _____right_________ hand.
4. I love to ____write_______ stories!
Homophones “road” and “rode”
1. The ___road______ was bumpy and curvy.
2. Alex ___rode______ his bike to Grandma’s house.
3. We didn’t know which ______road_____ to take.
4. I ___rode_______ a motorcycle last week.
Homophones “sail” and “sale”
1. Every video game was on ____sale_______ today.
2. The ____sail_______ on the boat was stuck.
3. We used a ___sail______ to make our boat go faster.
4. My mom made cupcakes for the school bake __sale_______ today.
sail = vela / panza
to sail (ed) = a naviga
to be on sale = a fi la reducere
to be for sale = a fi de vanzare
Homophones “sea” and “see”
1. The fog was so thick we couldn’t ___see________.
2. The Caribbean is a ____sea____ in the tropics.
3. Some day I’m going to sail the seven __seas________!
4. I love to __see___________ you smile.
Homophones “some” and “sum”
1. That was ____some_______ movie!
2. The _sum_______ of two plus two is four.
3. We wanted _____some___ more pizza.
4. Our teacher had us figure the ___sum____ of the equation.
Homophones “hour” and “our”
1. __our________ school is the best!
2. Lunch will be ready in an _hour__________.
3. I have to wait an __hour_______ before I can swim.
4. My dad thinks _____our___ basketball team is the best.
Homophones “stair” and “stare”
1. The basket was on the bottom __stair___________.
2. All he could do was _stare________ at the ugly dog.
3. My legs were so tired I couldn’t climb one more _stair_________.
4. My friend and I liked to _________stare at_____ each other down.
Homophones “tail” and “tale”
1. The lemur has a long ___tail________.
2. The story of Paul Bunyan is a tall __tale________.
3. I didn’t believe my Grandpa’s fairy __tale_____.
4. That cat has no ____tail______!
a tall tale = o minciuna gogonata / ceva inventat
Homophones “theirs” and “there’s”
1. ___There's_________ ice cream in the freezer.
2. __There's________ popcorn on the floor.
3. I don’t know where ____theirs________ went, but ours is here.
4. How did ___theirs___________ end up on the table?
Homophones “weak” and “week”
1. There are seven days in every __week_________.
2. I get to see my dad next ___week________.
3. My muscles were __weak______ after I was sick.
4. Baby kittens are born very __weak__________.
Homophones “which” and “witch”
1. We didn’t know _which_________ road to choose.
2. The girl dressed up as a __witch_________ for Halloween.
3. My favorite character in The Wizard of Oz is Esmeralda, the Good ___witch_______.
4. I knew ___which_____________ pumpkin I was going to pick.
Homophones “who’s” and “whose”
1. I didn’t know __whose________ shoes they were.
2. __Whose_________ book is missing?
3. _Who's________ going to the park with us?
4. _Who's______ our teacher talking about?
Homework
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