Homonyms Homonyms are words which sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings capital - upper part; main capitol – statehouse coarse – rough course – route council – assembly through counsel – advice forth - forward fourth – ordinal number its - possessive pronoun 10 it's - it is 11 lead - metal 12 led – guided 13.no – not so 14 know – to understand 15 right – correct, opposite of left 16 write – to form letters 17 principle - a truth/rule/law 18 principal – chief/ head person 19 stationary – motionless 20 stationery - paper 21 their - belonging to them 22 there - in that place 23 they’re - they are 24 threw - did throw 25 through – from end to end 26 to - toward, preposition 27 too - denoting excess 28 two - a couple, the number 29 your - belonging to you 30 you’re – you are Exercise 3: Circle the correct homonym in each sentence Anita, Andrea, and Anthony are new members of the student (council, counsel) The young soldiers stood (stationary, stationery) during the inspection Federal officials work at the (capitol, capital) building in Washington The committee asked why (you're, your) not working on (you're, your) project (Your, You're) dog is gargantuan The boy was (stationary, stationery) (Their, there, they're) car is awesome! I broke the (led, lead) in my pencil (Its, It's) time for the final competition! 10 We went (there, their, they're) after school 11 An antique car went (through, threw) the tunnel 12 She wrote the letter on pink (stationery, stationary) 13 Did you see that ball go right (threw, through) the window? 14 The boys left the house without (there, their, they're) hats 15 The hungry diners ordered (to, too, two) of everything on the menu 16 (Your, You're) sense of humor keeps everyone entertained! 17 (There's, Theirs) a good location for our camp tonight 18 The startled deer stood (stationary, stationery) as the hunter walked past 19 I used a (course, coarse) grade of sandpaper for the sanding job 20 The (principal, principle) of the school was late for the PTA meeting 21 The (principal, principle) reason for Gary's promotion was his outstanding work 22 The (principal, principle) of gravity was demonstrated by Professor Hightower 23 The student (council, counsel) meeting was held last Wednesday 24 The racing (course, coarse) was five miles long 25 The (capital, capitol) of Idaho is Boise 26 My grandmother wrote her letters on beautiful (stationery, stationary) 27 The (course, coarse) gravel was dumped on the side of the road 28 The (capital, capitol) building in Arkansas is beautiful