Writing Sentences with Homophones

Write a sentence that contains all of the homophones given:

Example  through, threw
   The hooligans threw the brick through the window.

  1. lessen, lesson
  2. morning, mourning
  3. fair, fare
  4. air, heir
  5. horse, hoarse
  6. past, passed
  7. alter, altar
  8. blue, blew
  9. pause, paws
  10. aloud, allowed
  11. faint, feint
  12. build, billed
  13. heard, herd
  14. so, sew, sow
  15. sight, site
  16. jeans, genes
  17. stationary, stationery
  18. principal, principle
  19. capital, capitol
  20. poll, pole, Pole
  21. check, cheque, Czech
  22. its, it's
  23. patience, patients
  24. pair, pear
  25. sail, sale
  26. sent, scent, cent
  27. band, banned
  28. guessed, guest
  29. dear, deer
  30. flour, flower

© Nigel J. Ross, 2002


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