Hole and Whole

Hole and whole sound alike, but they mean different things. We're going to discuss some tricks to use when you're trying to figure out which one you need in your sentence.

Hole

Hole is about emptiness, like a hole in the ground, or a hole in my grade book where there is a missing assignment.

You can also have a hole in your heart when someone breaks up with you, which makes you want to hide in a hole in the wall

Practice:

There was a four-foot ________________________ in front of my doorstep this morning.
Did that ________________________ in your ear hurt?
There is a huge ________________________ where the towers stood.

Whole

Whole is about completeness, like eating a whole candy bar, or a whole bag of chips.

A hole needs a “w” to make it whole, complete.