Homophone Riddles



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Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings and often different spellings. Find two homophones that have different spellings that fit the clues below.

|Ex) |A word to start letters. | |A forest animal. |

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|1. |A large marine mammal. | |A loud cry. |

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|2. |Hello! | |Not low. |

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|3. |Not strong. | |Seven days. |

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|4. |Put two and two together. | |Something used to sell things. |

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|5. |Run away from something. | |A small insect that bites dogs. |

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|6. |A low sound in music. | |A place where soldiers sleep. |

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|7. |Didn’t catch something. | |Steam rising in the morning. |

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|8. |Used strings or laces. | |The sea coming in and out. |

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|9. |An unfair play in sports. | |Birds like ducks or geese. |

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|10. |What you do with a book. | |A tall grass that grows in marshes. |

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Answer key:

1. whale/wail 2.hi/high 3.weak/week 4.add/ad 5.flee/flea 6.bass/base 7.missed/mist 8.tied/tide 9.foul/fowl 10.read/reed.

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