Homophone Spelling Bee – Vocabulary List



Homophone Spelling Bee – Vocabulary List

|Term |Definition or Usage |Sentence |

| |to receive |I accept your gift willingly. |

|accept | | |

| |leaving out; other than |Everyone except him was at the dance. |

|except | | |

| |to influence; to bring about a change in. |The President’s speech deeply affected me. |

|affect | | |

| |result |The effects of pollution can be deadly. |

|effect | | |

| |an expression meaning “ready” |I am all ready to leave for the airport. |

|all ready | | |

| |by or before this time; even now |I have already packed my suitcase. |

|already | | |

| |together as a group |Let’s sing the song all together. |

|all together | | |

| |completely; in all |The television flickered and then broke altogether. |

|altogether | | |

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|allusion | | |

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|illusion | | |

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|board | | |

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|bored | | |

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|capital | | |

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|capitol | | |

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|complement | | |

|Term |Definition or Usage |Sentence |

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|compliment | | |

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|council | | |

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|counsel | | |

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|hear | | |

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|here | | |

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|its | | |

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|it’s | | |

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|loose | | |

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|lose | | |

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|peace | | |

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|piece | | |

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|plane | | |

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|plain | | |

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|presence | | |

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|presents | | |

|Term |Definition or Usage |Sentence |

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|principal | | |

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|principle | | |

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|quite | | |

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|quiet | | |

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|right | | |

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|write | | |

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|stationary | | |

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|stationery | | |

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|straight | | |

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|strait | | |

| |is used in comparisons |Lucy is taller than Beverly. |

|than | | |

| |refers to time |The concert ended, and then we went home. |

|then | | |

| |is a possessive pronoun |The spectators threw their hats into the air. |

|their | | |

| |a contraction for they are |They’re waiting for us at the gate. |

|they’re | | |

| |used either as an expletive at the beginning of a sentence or as |EXPLETIVE: There are three police officers guarding the entrance. |

|there |an adverb |ADVERB: The accident occurred there. |

|Term |Definition or Usage |Sentence |

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|threw | | |

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|through | | |

| |a preposition or infinitive |PREPOSITION: We are going to the store |

|to | |INFINITIVE: We are going to run |

| |an adverb; also |He is too tall. |

|too | |He is tall, too. |

| |number |I have two dollars. |

|two | | |

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|ware | | |

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|where | | |

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|wear | | |

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|were | | |

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|whether | | |

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|weather | | |

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|who’s | | |

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|whose | | |

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|your | | |

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|you’re | | |

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