130. Practice with Similar Nouns

This week we talked about pairs of nouns that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Try to remember all the tricks that we talked about as you practice what you learned.

Section A: Choose the correct word for each sentence.
1. The (dessert, desert) is usually covered in sand and very hot.
2. Mom made cherry pie for (dessert, desert) tonight.
3. You will get in trouble if you (dessert, desert) from the army.

4. The sun comes up in the morning and goes down at (night, knight).
5. The brave (night, knight) kneeled before King Arthur.
6. I like to look up at the stars at (night, knight).

7. We need (flower, flour) and sugar to bake the cake.
8. I found a (flower, flour) growing in the grass.
9. I gave my teacher a (flower, flour) from our garden.

10. My bedroom gets very bright when the (son, sun) comes up in the morning.
11. I asked my (son, sun) to mow the lawn.
12. May I please talk to your (son, sun) or your daughter?

Answers: 1-desert; 2-dessert; 3-desert; 4-night; 5-knight; 6-night; 7-flour; 8-flower; 9-flower; 10-sun; 11-son; 12-son.