{
    "schemaVersion": 1,
    "id": "homophone-harbor",
    "title": "Homophone Harbor",
    "category": "Spelling",
    "gradeRange": {
        "min": 2,
        "max": 5
    },
    "locale": "en-US",
    "description": "Sentence-context homophone choices, including common pairs and tricky trios, with answers and explanations.",
    "items": [
        {
            "sentence": "The children hung ___ coats by the door.",
            "answer": "their",
            "options": ["their", "there", "they’re"],
            "explanation": "Their shows ownership: the coats belong to the children.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "Put the basket over ___ beside the chair.",
            "answer": "there",
            "options": ["there", "their", "they’re"],
            "explanation": "There points to a place.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "___ bringing snacks to the picnic.",
            "answer": "They’re",
            "options": ["They’re", "Their", "There"],
            "explanation": "They’re is a contraction of they are: they are bringing snacks.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "I gave a ticket ___ my cousin.",
            "answer": "to",
            "options": ["to", "too", "two"],
            "explanation": "To shows who receives the ticket.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "This box is ___ heavy for me to lift.",
            "answer": "too",
            "options": ["too", "to", "two"],
            "explanation": "Too can mean more than is needed or wanted.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "We saw ___ owls in the tree.",
            "answer": "two",
            "options": ["two", "to", "too"],
            "explanation": "Two is the number 2.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "I would like to join the game, ___.",
            "answer": "too",
            "options": ["too", "to", "two"],
            "explanation": "Too can mean also.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "May I borrow ___ ruler?",
            "answer": "your",
            "options": ["your", "you’re"],
            "explanation": "Your shows that the ruler belongs to the person being asked.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "I think ___ ready for the next round.",
            "answer": "you’re",
            "options": ["you’re", "your"],
            "explanation": "You’re means you are: you are ready.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The puppy wagged ___ tail.",
            "answer": "its",
            "options": ["its", "it’s"],
            "explanation": "Its shows ownership. The tail belongs to the puppy.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "Bring a jacket because ___ cold outside.",
            "answer": "it’s",
            "options": ["it’s", "its"],
            "explanation": "It’s means it is: it is cold outside.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "Please ___ your name at the top.",
            "answer": "write",
            "options": ["write", "right"],
            "explanation": "Write means to form letters or words.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "At the corner, turn ___ instead of left.",
            "answer": "right",
            "options": ["right", "write"],
            "explanation": "Right names the direction opposite left.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "I can ___ a woodpecker tapping.",
            "answer": "hear",
            "options": ["hear", "here"],
            "explanation": "Hear means to notice a sound with your ears.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "Leave the watering can ___ by my feet.",
            "answer": "here",
            "options": ["here", "hear"],
            "explanation": "Here means in this place.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The boat sailed across the ___.",
            "answer": "sea",
            "options": ["sea", "see"],
            "explanation": "Sea is a large area of salt water.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "Can you ___ the rainbow above the hill?",
            "answer": "see",
            "options": ["see", "sea"],
            "explanation": "See means to notice with your eyes.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "A ___ landed on the sunflower.",
            "answer": "bee",
            "options": ["bee", "be"],
            "explanation": "Bee names the buzzing insect.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "Please ___ kind to the new student.",
            "answer": "be",
            "options": ["be", "bee"],
            "explanation": "Be tells someone how to act or exist.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The cake recipe needs one cup of ___.",
            "answer": "flour",
            "options": ["flour", "flower"],
            "explanation": "Flour is the powder used in baking.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "A yellow ___ grew beside the path.",
            "answer": "flower",
            "options": ["flower", "flour"],
            "explanation": "Flower is the blooming part of a plant.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "We will ___ our friends at the library.",
            "answer": "meet",
            "options": ["meet", "meat"],
            "explanation": "Meet means to come together with someone.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The soup contains vegetables but no ___.",
            "answer": "meat",
            "options": ["meat", "meet"],
            "explanation": "Meat is food that comes from animals.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "I ate a juicy ___ after lunch.",
            "answer": "pear",
            "options": ["pear", "pair", "pare"],
            "explanation": "Pear names a fruit. Pair means two things, and pare means to trim.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Hard"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "I found a matching ___ of socks.",
            "answer": "pair",
            "options": ["pair", "pear", "pare"],
            "explanation": "Pair means two matching or related things.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Hard"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The cook will ___ the apple with a peeler.",
            "answer": "pare",
            "options": ["pare", "pair", "pear"],
            "explanation": "Pare means to trim off an outer layer, such as fruit skin.",
            "skill": "Tricky trios",
            "difficulty": "Hard"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The knight rode a white ___.",
            "answer": "horse",
            "options": ["horse", "hoarse"],
            "explanation": "Horse names the four-legged animal.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "After cheering all afternoon, my voice sounded ___.",
            "answer": "hoarse",
            "options": ["hoarse", "horse"],
            "explanation": "Hoarse describes a rough or raspy voice.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Hard"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "A full ___ has seven days.",
            "answer": "week",
            "options": ["week", "weak"],
            "explanation": "Week is a period of seven days.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The tiny bridge was too ___ to hold the truck.",
            "answer": "weak",
            "options": ["weak", "week"],
            "explanation": "Weak means lacking enough strength.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Easy"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "We waited for an ___ before the train arrived.",
            "answer": "hour",
            "options": ["hour", "our"],
            "explanation": "Hour is a unit of time equal to sixty minutes.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "___ class planted a tree together.",
            "answer": "Our",
            "options": ["Our", "Hour"],
            "explanation": "Our shows that something belongs to or includes us.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "I ___ the answer before the hint appeared.",
            "answer": "knew",
            "options": ["knew", "new"],
            "explanation": "Knew is the past tense of know.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "These shoes are brand ___.",
            "answer": "new",
            "options": ["new", "knew"],
            "explanation": "New means recently made, bought, or discovered.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The squirrel hid a ___ nut in the leaves.",
            "answer": "whole",
            "options": ["whole", "hole"],
            "explanation": "Whole means complete, with no part missing.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        },
        {
            "sentence": "The rabbit disappeared into a ___ in the ground.",
            "answer": "hole",
            "options": ["hole", "whole"],
            "explanation": "Hole means an opening or empty space.",
            "skill": "Common pairs",
            "difficulty": "Medium"
        }
    ]
}