Name ___________________________ Date ____________________

Incorrect Homophones

Homophones are words that sound alike. They have different spellings and
different meanings.
I ate too much for supper. I missed eight problems on the test.

Directions: Read the story and cross out the incorrect homophones and replace
them with the correct ones.

Peggy was very upset with the hotel made. She should have asked
Peggy weather or not she wanted her to replace the drooping rows with
new ones. Peggy had been saving that rows because it was very special
to her. She would have to find the maid and tell her about the horrible
mistake she had maid by throwing out her rows.
Peggy asked the hotel manager where she could find the made
that had cleaned her room. He told her that she could find the made in
the garden behind the hotel. Peggy has plans to tell the made that she
should always ask weather or not a guest wanted her rows thrown out or
replaced.
When Peggy got to the garden, she was amazed. There were
dozens of rose of flowers. She found the made tending to one of the most
beautiful rows bushes she had ever seen. When the made saw Peggy,
she smiled and asked if she had liked her knew rows. She explained to
Peggy that she worked hard growing these beautiful flowers and prayed
every night for beautiful weather so that rain would not damage her
garden. Peggy was so amazed at the beauty of the rows bushes that she
forgot all about being mad. She told the made that she loved the rows
she had left for her and thanked her.

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Answer Key

Peggy was very upset with the hotel maid. She should have asked Peggy
whether or not she wanted her to replace the drooping rose with new ones.
Peggy had been saving that rose because it was very special to her. She would
have to find the maid and tell her about the horrible mistake she had made by
throwing out her rose.
Peggy asked the hotel manager where she could find the maid that had
cleaned her room. He told her that she could find the maid in the garden
behind the hotel. Peggy has plans to tell the maid that she should always ask
whether or not a guest wanted her rose thrown out or replaced.
When Peggy got to the garden, she was amazed. There were dozens of
rows of flowers. She found the maid tending to one of the most beautiful rose
bushes she had ever seen. When the maid saw Peggy, she smiled and asked if
she had liked her new rose. She explained to Peggy that she worked hard
growing these beautiful flowers and prayed every night for beautiful weather so
that rain would not damage her garden. Peggy was so amazed at the beauty
of the rose bushes that she forgot all about being mad. She told the made that
she loved the rose she had left for her and thanked her.

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