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Homophones Worksheet 1 
Return of the Ninjas!

Part One: Choose the correct word.

1. "I can't believe this class is one hour / our long," said John.
2. "I know, that's a long thyme / time , right?" I replied.
3. John is my best friend and I'll never meat / meet a better friend than him. 
4. Our teacher was giving us a lessen / lesson on homophones.		
5. It was still pretty early in the morning / mourning.
6. That was when those ninjas jumped threw / through the window.
7. I was worried because ninjas are masters of the marshal / martial arts. 
8. I could feel their cold stairs / stares on me. 
9.  "John, they are here to steal / steel our teacher's answer keys," I said.
10. John didn't seam / seem that worried.  
11. I exclaimed, "We can knot / not let that happen, John!"
12. John said, "I just don't sea / see why we should put ourselves in danger for more homework."
13. I stood up and said, "Because it's the right / write thing to do, John."
14. Some of these ninjas were twice my sighs / size so I had to be smart.
15. I grabbed the answer keys and ran toward the principal's / principle's office.
16. The ninjas were chasing me so I dropped a banana peal / peel on the ground.
17. One of the ninjas slipped and fell into the garbage chute / shoot face first.
18. I said, "What a waist / waste ," as I heard him fall into the dumpster with a crash.
19. The ninjas were still chasing me so I lead / led them downstairs.
20. I grabbed a handful of tacks / tax from a bulletin board and tossed them on the floor.
21. Then I hid in a supply closet as the ninjas ran passed / past me. 
22. I knew / new when they ran over my trap because several ninjas started howling.
23. Those ninjas must have been in a lot of pain / pane because they left the school after that.
24. I returned to class with the answer keys and everyone rose / rows and cheered for me.
25. Except for John, he was to / too / two mad at me to celebrate.

Part Two: Write two sentences for each of the word pairs. Correctly use each word in a sentence.

A. their / there
B. than / then
C. which / witch