Basic Details
Word: Homer
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: In baseball, a home run: a hit that lets the batter run round all the bases and score. In British English it can also mean a homing pigeon.
Synonyms: home run
How to Spell Homer
Syllables: ho - mer
Tricky part: It has a single m and ends in er. Students write hommer, copying the double m of hammer and summer.
Watch out for: hommer, homar, homor
Memory tip: A homer sends the batter home: write home, then swap the final e for er.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The crowd rose to its feet when the batter hit a homer in the ninth inning.
Example 2: Our cousin in Texas sent a video of his first homer in a school game.
Example 3: The pigeon fancier said his best homer had flown back from two hundred kilometres away.
Fun Fact
With a capital H, Homer is the ancient Greek poet traditionally named as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word homer as used in the sentence:
In the last inning, the batter smashed a homer that sailed over the fence and won the game.
a) walk
b) home run
c) strikeout
d) foul ball
Show answer
b) home run. A homer is the short, informal name for a home run.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. atheletic 2. homer 3. tournement 4. spectater
a) a series of matches to find a winner
b) good at sports and physical exercise
c) a person who watches an event
d) a home run in baseball
Show answer
d) a home run in baseball. Tournament ends in ment, spectator in tor, and athletic has no e after th, so the meaning asked for is that of homer.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The young batter from the school team hit his first hommer at the summer baseball camp, and his coach cheered loudly from the bench.
a) cheered
b) hommer
c) batter
d) camp
Show answer
b) hommer. Homer is built on home, which has just one m.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which sport would you hear the word homer?
a) badminton
b) chess
c) baseball
d) kabaddi
Show answer
c) baseball
2. What is a homing pigeon trained to do?
a) carry heavy loads
b) fly back to its loft
c) talk like a parrot
d) swim across rivers
Show answer
b) fly back to its loft
