Homonyms for Kids Trivia Quiz

Answer: fare

The FARE that we pay for our bus trip is the money we pay to the driver of the bus so that he can buy food for his children and the people who own the bus can put new wheels on the bus to keep us safe on the road.
FAIR - means light (as in not dark) Also, to be FAIR means to stay within the rules.
PHARE is a programme to help countries in Europe to band together and help each other.

Answer: their

THEIR means belonging to a person or people.
The bags are THERE - relates to a place.
THEY'RE is a contraction and this word can be re-written as the two words THEY ARE.

Answer: by

I passed BY (near to) a beautiful doll.
To BUY something is to pay money to the shopowner.
I say 'BYE' to my friends when they go home for dinner.
Our team has a 'BYE' every five weeks as there are an odd number of teams in our basketball competition, so that week we have no other team to play against.

Answer: cite

When we CITE from a book we read a passage out in order to support what we want to say.
We use our SIGHT when we look at something.
A SITE refers to a particular place, such as a building SITE.

Answer: heal

Alexis needed to have his arm bone supported so that his bones could HEAL, so he could climb trees again. Our bodies can need help to HEAL.
The HEEL is the back part of our foot, below the ankle, we have a HEEL on each foot.
HE'LL is a contraction and means HE WILL. The apostrophe means that some letters are missing.

Answer: wear

Of course! I will WEAR my new dress.
The place WHERE the party is being held is on my invitation.
WE'RE (WE ARE) all going to the party together.

Answer: pear

A PEAR bought straight from the market is delicious.
To PARE is to cut of the skin or outside layer of fruit. A PARING knife is used to cut the skin off, so it is very sharp.
A PAIR is two items put together. To put things in PAIRS is to gather into twos (like socks).

Answer: whether

WHETHER she will or WHETHER she won't, Charlotte is deciding which dress to wear, I wonder which one she will choose?
A WETHER is a young ram.
If the WEATHER takes a bad turn, that means wind and possibly rain, this means that Charlotte will need to take a water-proof jacket with her when she goes out.
WETHERS do not mind WHETHER the WEATHER is good or bad, as all WETHERS grow thick woolly coats!

Answer: two

TWO goldfish in the big tank made the tank look TOO big. I looked up a book about goldfish, and I found that the tank was able TO hold many different types of fish. I bought some more and I now have a very large and happy fish family all in the one tank.

Answer: boy's

When we are talking about one BOY'S shirt the apostrophe stays with the boy.
When the BOYS' shirts tear, all of the boys are included, so the apostrophe must come after the "s".
When the BOYS change their torn shirts, no apostrophe is needed.