1.      Aisle (n) a walkway between seat sections.  Isle (n) a small island.  I'll (pronoun/v) contraction of I will

2.      Allowed (v) permitted.  Aloud: (adj) spoken out loud, orally.  Speaking aloud is not allowed during school.

3.      Ant (n) a social insect of the Formicidae family.  Aunt (n) the sister of one's father or mother.  His aunt was an entomologist who enjoyed studying the ants.

4.      Ate (v) consumed by mouth.  Eight (n) a number, seven plus one, (adj) amounting to eight

5.      Ball (n) a round or roundish object used in a game. Bawl (V) to weep noisily.  There's no need to bawl when you don't catch the ball.

6.      Band (n) a group of gang, an instrumental music group, a strap or flat strip used for binding.  Banned (v/adj) prohibited, barred.

7.      Beach (n) a sandy or pebbly shoreline.  Beech (n) a deciduous tree with smooth gray bark and triangular nuts.

8.      Bear (n) a mammal of the family Ursidae, (v) to hold up or support.  Bare (adj) without covering or clothing, empty

9.      Bee: (n) a flying social insect of the Apoidea family.  be (v/aux v) to exist or live, to take place.  Where will the bee be in a moment?

10.  Blue: (n) a primary color, azure.  (adj) having a blue color, sad or forlorn.  Blew (v) drove by means of a current or air, caused to sound by forced breath.  As the wind blew the clouds across the blue sky, I blew my horn with a full heart.

11.  Board (n) a flat piece or slab of wood.  Bored (v) made a hole by drilling, made weary through tedium or monotony.  Sally grew increasingly bored as she bored one board after another after another.

12.  Boulder (n): a large rock.  Bolder: (adj) more bold and daring, less hesitant.  Once she felt bolder, she attempted to push the boulder out of the way.

13.  Bread: (n) a baked food made from a flour or meal mixture.  Bred: (v) developed or raised as in cattle or other animals.  I made bread with eggs from the chickens I had bred.

14.  Break: (v) to fracture or shatter; (n) a brief pause.  Brake: (n) A device for slowing or stopping a vehicle.   When Sara saw the tree limbs break, she stepped on her brake and took a break to access the situation.

15.  Bridle (n) the headstall, bit, and reins of a harness.  Bridal (adj) of or pertaining to a bride.  Leslie slipped the bridle onto her hoarse and raced to the church, bridal bouquet in hand.

16.  Browse (v) to casually look through, to graze.  Brows (n pl) the ridges and hair growing over the eyes. 

17.  build (v) to construct or assemble.  Billed (v) charged by means of an invoice.  You won't be billed for repairs if you build it right the first time.

18.  Buy (v) to purchase.  By: (prep) near to, born of, according to

19.  Capital: (n) a city that is the official seat of government.  Capitol (n) the building in a capital city used by the legislative body.  The tallest capitol building in the United States is in Baton Rouge, which is the capital of Louisiana.

20.  Carrot (n) a plant with an edible orange-colored root.  Caret (n) a proofreaders mark (^) showing where a word or letter should be inserted.  Carat (n) the unit of weight for gemstones, 200 milligrams.  Karat (n) the unit of measuring the purity of gold, 24 being 100% gold.

21.  Cereal (n) grain, food made from grains.  Serial (n) a story with successive parts, (adj) sequential

22.  Choose (v) to select, prefer, or decide.  Chews (v) grinds with the teeth, munches. 

23.  Choose (v) to select, prefer, or decide. Chews (v) grinds with the teeth, munches.

24.  clothes (n) garments, articles of dress.  Close (v) to shut, to block an entrance.

25.  Colonel (n) an officer rank in an armed service.  Kernel (n) a seed, or inside part of a seed.

26.  Coral (n) the hard outer skeletons, secreted by jelly-like polyps, that form reefs.  Choral: (adj) of a choir or chorus, singing.  The choral group sang at a benefit for coral reef protection.

27.  Creek (n) a small river or brook.  Creak (v) to make a small grating or squeaking sound, (n) a creaking sound.  When Raven heard the boat begin to creak, she feared a leak, and paddled to the shore of the creek fast.

28.  Daze (n) a state of bemusement or bewilderment, (v) to stupefy.  Days (n) the 24-hour periods of Earth's rotation on its axis

29.   Dear (adj) beloved or precious.  Deer (n) a mammal of the Cervidae family, the male of which often have antlers.  We've grown attached to the dear little deer that comes to the door early in the morning to eat.

30.  Die (v) to cease to live, (n) one of a pair of dice.  Dye: (n) a colorant (v) to color something with dye.  Before I die I want to learn to dye my own cloths.

31.  Do (v): to perform, act, or accomplish.  Due (adj) currently owed.  Dew (n) water droplets condensed from the air onto cool surfaces, usually at night.  You'd better rake the leaves today because we're due for a heavy dew brought in from the lake and raking wet leaves is hard.

32.  Dough (n) flour or meal mixed with liquid forming a firm paste.  Doe (n) a female deer.  Lee stuck acorns pieces in the dough then hung it up for the doe that comes to the yard.

33.  Earn (v) to get in return for one's service, to gain income.  Urn (n) a decorative vase.  Bill plans to work enough hours earn enough money to purchase the Grecian urn.

34.  Eye (n) the organ of sight.  I (n) pronoun referring to oneself.  aye (adv) yes

35.  Fair (n) a gathering of buyers and sellers, an exhibition of livestock, often with entertainment, (adj) proper and just.  Fare (n) a fee charged a passenger or entrant

36.  Feet (n pl) more than one foot, appendage of the leg.  Feat (n) an act of skill or bravery, accomplishment.  Hopping on one foot, all day, was quite a feat.

37.  Find (v) to locate, come upon.  Fined (v) punished by exacting a fee.

38.    Flea (n) a tiny bloodsucking insect with powerful back legs.  Flee (v) to leave quickly, take flight, escape.  There were so many fleas everyone had to flee.

39.  flew (v) moved through the air using wings.  flu (n) influenza, a disease often marked by fever and respiratory symptoms.  Flue (n) a passage for smoke or air, such as in a chimney.  As Amber lay in bed with flue, she was startled by a bird that flew down the flue and into the room.

40.  Flow (v) to move along in a streaming manner.  Floe (n) a sheet of floating ice.  the bear on the ice floe was carried closer to the land and continued to flow northward.

41.  Flower: (n) the blossom of a plant, (v) to bloom.  Flour (n) finely ground, powdery grain.  John mixed the petals of marigold flower in with the flour to add peppery flavor.

42.  Foul (adj) disgusting, smelly, filthy, (n) a rule violation in sports.  Fowl (n) a bird, particularly a chicken, duck, goose, or turkey

43.  Four (n) a number, three plus one, (adj) amounting to four.  Fore (adj) at or toward the front (n) the first, front.  For (prep) with the purpose of, intending to belong to

44.  Fourth (adj) next after third, (n) one part of four equal parts  Forth (adv) onward, outward, or forward.  On the fourth day, we each took a fourth of the treasure and set forth toward home.

45.  Freeze (v) to harden into a solid, to become hard or stiff.  Frees (v) makes free, sets at liberty.  If Melissa frees the birds, they may freeze in this cold weather.

46.  Fur (n) the hairy coat of an animal (adj) made of fur (joke) how Utahans says for.   Fir (n) a cone-bearing tree of the pine family.  The boy scout found wolf fur clinging to a fir tree and ran the other way.

47.  Gourd (n) a hard shelled fruit related to squash.  Gored (v) pierced with a tusk or horn.  The bull gored the fence made from dried gourd.

48.  Great (adj) superior, wonderful, large.  Grate (n) a metal frame for holding burning wood or coal.  (v) to scrape into small bits.

49.  Guest (n) a visitor, usually invited.  Guessed (v) estimated, conjectured. 

50.  Hair: (n) fine, think filaments growing from the skin.  Hare (n) a large wild rabbit.  The hair on my arms stood on end when the hare leaped out of the bushes.

51.  Hall (n) a corridor or passageway, a large room.  haul (v) to lug, pull, or drag.  I had to haul the broken suitcase down the long hall.

52.   Heard (v) perceived with the ear.  Herd (n) a group of animals of a single kind.  We heard the herb of zebras running even before we saw them.

53.  Heart: (n) the organ of the body that pumps blood, compassion.  Hart (n): a male red deer.  I was so close to the majestic hart, my heart beat with excitement

54.  heel (n) the back part of the foot, the back platform on the sole of a shoe.  Heal (v) to make healthy, to cure

55.  High (adj) elevated or lofty, far off the ground.  Hi (interj) greeting meaning hello.  Hie (v) to hasten or speed up. I had no time to stop and say hi, I had to hie to town before the sun was too high.

56.  Hire: (v) to engage the services of someone for pay.  Higher (adj) more high Always hire an experienced designer, the higher salary is worth it.

57.  Hole (n) an opening, gap or cavity.  Whole (adj) full amount, complete.  If you don't fill up the whole hole someone may fall in it.

1.      Idol (n) a greatly admired person, image of a deity.  Idle (adj) not active, lazy.  Idyll (n) a poem or work of prose, often describing a peaceful or romantic scene

2.      Idol (n) a greatly admired person, image of a deity.  Idle (adj) not active, lazy.  Idyll (n) a poem or work of prose, often describing a peaceful or romantic scene.

3.      its (pronoun) belonging to it It's (pronoun/v) contraction of it is

4.      jam (n) a preserve of crushed fruit boiled in sugar, (v) a wedge or press tightly between two objects.  Jamb (n) a sidepiece of the frame of a doorway or window.  I tried to jam the crowbar between the wall and the window jamb.

5.      Led (v) went before to lead the way.  Lead (n) a heavy, soft metal, graphite use in pencils.

6.      Lesson (n) a session of instruction or information.  Lessen (v) to make less, reduce.  I wish the teacher would lessen the lesson time in English.

7.      Links (n pl) rings of a chain, (v) joins two things together.  Lynx (n) a wildcat with a short tail and tufted ears.   Once we finish installing the chain-link fence the Lynx will no longer be able to get to the small birds.

8.      Load: (n) a weight or quantity being carried, burden. (v) to place, insert, or pile on.  Lode: (n) a vein of ore deposit in rock.  Lowed (v) softly mooed, like a cow.  In the peaceful morn, as the cows lowed, I started to load the silver I had dug out from the lode I had discovered.

9.      Lone (adj) solitary, only.  Loan (n) a temporary use of something, (v) to lend.  It was my lone shirt I had left, but I agreed to loan it to him, if he gave it back.

10.  Loot (n) stolen goods or plunder seized in battle, (v) to take, to plunder.  Lute (n) a stringed instrument, similar to a mandolin.  The Pied Piper looted the town's children while playing his lute because his flute was broken.

11.  Made (v) constructed or put together, achieved, forced.  Maid (n) a person employed in domestic service.

12.  Mail (n) letters and packages sent and delivered via a postal system (v) to send by mail.  Male (n) a boy or man, an animal or plant of the masculine sec.  (adj) having the characteristic of a male.

13.  Maze (n) a labyrinth, a confusing network of paths.  Maize (n) a sweet corn

14.  Medal (n) an award made of metal.  Meddle (v) to interfere or involve oneself without invitation. 

15.  Meet (v) to encounter, be introduced to.  Meat (n) flesh of animals.  Mete (v) to dole, distribute.

16.  might (aux v) could possibly, (n) physical strength.  Mite (n) a tiny arachnid related to ticks, a very small amount of money.

17.  Miner (n) a person who works in a mine, mine worker.  minor (adj) lesser, as in importance, size or rank.  Not important.  (**I don't like the definition, minors are not minor)  The minor had a minor accident today but was still fired.

18.  Mints (n pl) hard or soft candies flavored with peppermint or spearmint.  Mince (v) to chop into small pieces we can mince the mints and put them on the Turkey to add a unique flavor.

19.  Mist (N) a cloud of fine droplets of liquid.  Missed (V) failed to hit, strike, encounter, meet or see.  Suzy became lost in the mist and smog, she subsequently missed her exit

20.  Mood (n) an emotional state.  Mooed (v) lowed, like a cow

21.  Moose (n) a large long headed mammal of the deer family, the male of which grows huge antlers

22.  Moose (n) a large long-headed mammal of the deer family, the male of which grows huge antlers.  Mousse (n) a dessert made with whipped cream and gelatin, a foamy styling cream for hair

23.  Morning (n) the early part of the day from dawn to noon.  Mourning (v) lamenting over a loss, (n) the state of sorrow over loss.  Lori has been in mourning all morning over the death of her pet mouse.

24.  Muscle: (n) fibrous tissue that contracts, enabling body movement.  Mussel: (n) a mollusk of the clam family.  It took muscles to open these mussels.

25.  Need (v) to require.  (n) a desire Knead (v) to press and fold dough.  Kneed (v) jabbed with the knee

26.  Neigh (n) the whinny of a horse. (v) to make a whinnying sound.  nay (adv) no, (n) negative vote.  The horse may neigh all night long, but don't vote nay on removing her from the farm, the farmer loves her too much.

27.  New (adj) of recent origin Knew: (v) past tense of know.  Gnu: (n) a wildebeest (ox like antelope of Africa) The gnu knew new lions were about.

28.  Nice (adj) amiable or pleasing, likable or favorable.  Gneiss (n) a form of rock with bands of minerals or sediment layers.  The geologist presented a nice gneiss specimen.

29.  Night (n) the evening time, between sunset and sunrise.  Knight (n) a mounted soldier who serves a nobleman or king. 

30.  None: (n) not one, no one, not any.  Nun (n) a female member of a religious order.  My teacher was a nun, and to this day I've forgotten none of the theorems taught by her.

31.  Nose: (n) the part of the face that contains the nostrils, the organ of smell.  Knows: (v) has the knowledge or awareness of   my nose knows when Grandma is baking cookies.

32.  Not (adv) used to express negation.  Knot (n) an interlaced cord, rope, string.  that forms a tight knob.  Naught or nought (n) nothing, a zero.  If she had not tied the cover down with a strong knot, her work would have all been for naught.

33.  One (n) a number, first integer.  (adj) amounting to one.  Won (v) was victorious, finished first in a game or competition.  They won the soccer match by one goal.

34.  Or: (conj) conjunction used to denote alternatives. Oar (n) a paddle used to row a boat.  Ore (n) rock with deposits of metals.  You can grab an oar and help us get downriver or stay and keep mining for ore.

35.  Our (pronoun) belonging to us.  Hour (n) a unit of time, 60 minutes.  Our picnic is in three hours.

36.  Overdue (adj) past due, such as a train or library book.  Overdo (v) to do to excess, to exaggerate. 

37.  Pail (n) a bucket.  Pale (adj) Lacking much color, faint, (v) to become colorless. 

38.  Pain (n) physical distress, suffering.  Pane (n) a framed plate of glass of a window

39.  Past (n) time gone by, (adj) former, (adv) beyond.  Passed (v) moved past, went beyond.  In the past I passed people without saying a word, but now I say hello

40.  Paste (n) a creamy white glue  Paced (v) took slow, regular steps

41.  Patience: (n) the bearing of annoyance or a prolonged wait without complaint.  Patients: (n pl) persons under medical care.  The patience of the patients in the waiting room was growing very thin.

42.  Pause (v) to make a brief stop, wait, (n) a temporary stop.  Paws (n) an animal's feet, often with claws.

43.  Peace (n) tranquility, a state of calm, mutual harmony between two people or nations.  Piece: (n) a part or portion of something.  She can not feel at peace with the world until she finds the missing piece of the puzzle.

44.  Pedal (n) a foot operated lever.  Peddle (v) to sell goods, often from place to place. 

45.  Peek (v) to glance quickly.  Peak (n) a summit, pointed top.  Pique (v) to excite or provoke, irritate.

46.  peel (n) the covering of a fruit, (v) to strip the outermost layer.   Peal (n) a ringing of bells, (v) to sound forth, such as a bell.  I heard the bells peal as I continued to peel the potatoes.

47.  Peer (v) to peep out or gaze at, (n) a person of the same age, status, or culture.  Pier (n) a structure on posts that extends from land out over water

48.  Plane (n) an airplane, a level surface.  Plain (adj) clear or evident, average-looking.  Joey wanted a fire red plane, not the plain plane he got.

49.      Poor: (adj) having little or no money, pitiful.  Pore (v) to review or study with focused attention (n) a tiny opening in tissue.  Pour (v) to cause liquid or loose particles to flow and fall from one point to another.  Kati wanted to pore over her bank statements before she would pour more money into her poor brother's home.

50.      Prays (v) offers a prayer or petition, usually to a deity.  Preys (v) stalks, seizes to devour, victimizes.  Praise (n) an expression of approval or worship, (v) to offer words of admiration or worship.

51.      Presents (n pl) gifts.  Presence (n) the state of being present (on site) The presence of all the presents Santa brought made all the kids happy.

52.      Prince (n) a son of a king or queen.  Prints (n pl) copies made from an original image.

53.      Principal: (n) the head of a school, (adj) highest in rank.  Principle (n) a basic truth or law, a rule of conduct.  Our school principal insists that we follow the principal principles of good sportsmanship.

54.      Quartz: (n) a hard mineral found in sandstone and granite, rock crystal.  Quarts: (n pl) units of liquid measure (each one-fourth of a gallon) Cindy washed the muddy rocks in three quarts of warm water and found them to be made of quartz.

55.      rain (n) water drops falling form clouds.  Reign (v) to rule over.  Rein (n) straps attached to an animal's bridle.

56.      Raise (v) to lift up, to move to a higher place, to build, (n) an increase in wages.  Rays (n pl) beams of light.  Raze (v) to tear down, to level.  With the first of the Sun's rays, we would see the men raze the old barn but also raise a new one.

57.      Red: (n) a primary color Read: (v) comprehended written words or musical notation.  After I read about the red wagons in the newspaper, I went right out and bought one.

58.  Reed: (N) tall stalk of a swamp grass.  Read: (V) to comprehend written words by sight or touch.  He likes to read by the pond as the breeze gently rustles through the reeds.