Homonyms (Homophones): 4th Grade Reading Skills | Printable Skills ... - Free Printable

Explanation:
This worksheet is about homonyms — words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings. You need to pick the correct word from each pair based on the sentence’s meaning.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one:

1. *The ______ hopped into the woods.*
Options: (hare, hair)
→ A hare is an animal like a rabbit that hops. Hair doesn’t hop.
✔ Answer: hare

2. *The pumpkin lady put the pumpkins in the ______.*
Options: (hay, hey)
→ Hay is dried grass used for animals or storage; pumpkins are often stored in hay. “Hey” is just a greeting.
✔ Answer: hay

3. *Minna went into the attic and the ______ was musty.*
Options: (scent, sent)
→ Scent means smell. Musty describes a smell. “Sent” is a verb (past of send), which doesn’t fit here.
✔ Answer: scent

4. *The ______ stood by the pond drinking the water.*
Options: (dear, deer)
→ A deer is an animal that drinks water. “Dear” is a term of affection or means expensive.
✔ Answer: deer

5. *There was music in the ______.*
Options: (heir, air)
→ Music travels through the air. An heir is someone who inherits something — doesn’t make sense here.
✔ Answer: air

6. *Queen Elizabeth was an ______ to the throne.*
Options: (heir, air)
→ An heir is the person who will inherit the throne.
✔ Answer: heir

7. *The first ingredient put into the cake recipe was ______.*
Options: (flower, flour)
→ Flour is a baking ingredient. “Flower” is a plant part — not edible in cake recipes!
✔ Answer: flour

8. *Susy walked down the ______ sadly.*
Options: (isle, aisle)
→ Aisle (pronounced “ile”) is a walkway — like in a church or store. “Isle” means a small island, but we usually say “aisle” for walking paths. The spelling here is tricky, but context says she walked *down* something — likely a church or grocery aisle.
✔ Answer: aisle

9. *Petunia did not ______ a thing for her flowers except water.*
Options: (need, knead)
→ She didn’t need anything else — makes sense. “Knead” means to work dough with hands — not for flowers.
✔ Answer: need

10. *I am sad that he is gone because he was so ______ to me.*
Options: (dear, deer)
→ Dear means loved or cherished. “Deer” is an animal — doesn’t fit emotionally.
✔ Answer: dear

11. *I wonder if she got the letter that I ______ to her.*
Options: (scent, sent)
→ You sent a letter. “Scent” is smell — no.
✔ Answer: sent

12. *Buddy the baker had to ______ the dough before he baked it.*
Options: (need, knead)
→ Bakers knead dough — press and fold it. “Need” doesn’t fit the action.
✔ Answer: knead

Now let’s list all answers in order:

1. hare
2. hay
3. scent
4. deer
5. air
6. heir
7. flour
8. aisle
9. need
10. dear
11. sent
12. knead

Final Answer:
hare, hay, scent, deer, air, heir, flour, aisle, need, dear, sent, knead