Homonyms Flashcards
ate
to have eaten something
eight
number 8, an amount
bare
to be without clothes/covers
bear
a large animal that lives in a cave
be
to exist
bee
an insect that stings
blew
use air to move something
blue
the color
board
a hard object
bored
not interested
brake
to stop something (like in a car)
break
to make into pieces
buy
to pay for something
by
next to
capital
a large letter
the head city of a state
capitol
the building for the government in the head city
caught
to grab or trap something
cot
a small bed
cent
one penny
scent
a smell
sent
to mail or give something
chews
to eat with teeth
choose
to pick something
close
to shut something
clothes
things we wear on our bodies
coarse
bumpy and rough
course
path or direction
dear
someone you love
deer
an animal that lives in the forest
dew
drops of water outside in the morning
do
to complete
due
to owe
die
not living
dye
to use ink to change color
eye
part of the body you see with
I
yourself
fair
nice, carnival, beautiful
fare
amount to pay
find
to locate something
fined
to have to pay money for doing something wrong
flew
moving in the air
flu
sickness, to be ill
for
to belong to someone
four
number 4
forth
to go out
fourth
after third, number four in line
groan
to make a low, whining noise
grown
to get bigger
hair
something that comes out of the body
hare
rabbit
hear
to listen
here
a place
heard
to have listened to a sound
herd
a group of animals (cows)
hi
to greet someone
high
up in the sky
him
a boy/man
hymn
a song sung in a church
hole
an opening
whole
the entire thing
hour
60 minutes
our
to belong to a group
in
a place inside
inn
hotel
its
to belong to someone
it’s
it is
knew
to recognize something/someone
new
just made or bought
knight
a person in armour that fights dragons
night
when the sky is dark
knot
to tie something
not
against
know
to understand
no
against
knows
to understand
nose
a body part that smells
lead
a metal
led
to have a group follow
made
to create
maid
a person whose job is to clean
main
the important part
Maine
a state
mane
the hair of a horse
meat
something you eat, carne
meet
to come together with someone
none
zero
nun
a woman who works for a church
one
number 1
won
to be the winner
pair
two of something that go together
pare
to cut up
pear
a green or yellow fruit
passed
to go by
past
already happened
piece
a part of something
peace
not fighting
plain
normal, not exciting
land without trees
plane
a machine that flies in the air
rain
water falling from the sky
reign
to rule, be in charge of a country
rein
a cloth used to control a horse
read
to have looked at the words of something
red
the color
real
not pretend
reel
to pull something in with string
right
correct
a direction
write
to create letters with a pen or pencil
road
a street
rode
to be on top of something that moves
rowed
to move a boat through water with oars or paddles
scene
a picture
seen
to have looked at something
sea
ocean
see
to look with your eyes
seam
cloth pulled together with stiches
seem
to look like
sew
to bring cloth together with a needle and thread
so
a reason for
side
next to, a part of
sighed
to breath out air when you are tire or sad
some
a few
sum
the answer/total
son
a mother’s boy
sun
fire in the sky
steal
to take something that doesn’t belong to you
steel
a strong metal
tail
part of an animal at the back of the body
tale
a story
their
to belong to a group
there
a place
they’re
they are
theirs
to blong to a group
there’s
there is
threw
to have tossed something
through
to finish
go in the middle of
to
towards something
too
also
two
number 2
wait
to be patient
weight
how heavy something is
weak
not strong
week
seven days
wear
to put something on the body
where
a place
who’s
who is
whose
who does it belong to?
wood
made from a tree
would
can you
you’re
you are
your
to belong to you
