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Homonyms for Kids Trivia Quiz

HOMONYM is a big word which sounds like this: HOM - O - NIM. It means that there are words which sound the same as each other - but their spelling and meanings are very different - let me show you in this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by underscored. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
underscored

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
343,723

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. When we pay money for our bus or train ride we are paying a ____. Hint

none of these

phare

fair

fare

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Question 2 of 10

2. The five curly haired girls put ____ bags on the floor. Hint

there

their

they're

none of these

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Question 3 of 10

3. As I was walking with my sister at the shopping centre I passed ___ a beautiful doll that was in the shop window. Hint

none of these

buy

bye

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Question 4 of 10

4. The teacher asked Blair to ____ a passage from a novel by Mark Twain. Hint

cite

none of these

sight

site

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Question 5 of 10

5. My cousin Alexis broke his arm when he fell out of a tree. The doctor put a cast on his forearm so that his bone would _____. Hint

heel

heal

none of these

he'll

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Question 6 of 10

6. I am going to my best friend's birthday party but I have no idea what I am going to ____. Hint

none of these

we're

wear

where

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Question 7 of 10

7. My Aunty Jess went to the Victoria Markets to buy some fruit and decided she wanted a ____ . Hint

pear

pair

pare

none of these

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Question 8 of 10

8. Charlotte could not decide _____to wear her pink dress or the blue dress her dad bought her for her birthday. Hint

wether

none of these

weather

whether

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Question 9 of 10

9. I already had one goldfish and I bought another one last week, which means I now have ___ goldfish. Hint

too

none of these

two

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Question 10 of 10

10. The ___ shirt tore when he fell to the ground. Hint

boys

boy's

boys'

none of these

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When we pay money for our bus or train ride we are paying a ____.

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.

2. The five curly haired girls put ____ bags on the floor.

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.

3. As I was walking with my sister at the shopping centre I passed ___ a beautiful doll that was in the shop window.

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.

4. The teacher asked Blair to ____ a passage from a novel by Mark Twain.

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.

5. My cousin Alexis broke his arm when he fell out of a tree. The doctor put a cast on his forearm so that his bone would _____.

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.

6. I am going to my best friend's birthday party but I have no idea what I am going to ____.

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.

7. My Aunty Jess went to the Victoria Markets to buy some fruit and decided she wanted a ____ .

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).

8. Charlotte could not decide _____to wear her pink dress or the blue dress her dad bought her for her birthday.

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!

9. I already had one goldfish and I bought another one last week, which means I now have ___ goldfish.

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.

10. The ___ shirt tore when he fell to the ground.

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.

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