Basic medium Homonyms

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Homonyms - Quiz 1

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A ___ is an animal.

a. bare

b. bear

Answerb

When it ___, it pours.

a. rains

b. reigns

c. reins

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It is dishonest to ___.

a. steal

b. steel

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A ___ is a type of tree.

a. beach

b. beech

Answerb

Take me ___ your leader!

a. to

b. too

c. two

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What a ___ of good milk!

a. waist


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b. waste

Answerb

My ___ is naturally curly.

a. hair

b. hare

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The team ___ the playoffs.

a. won

b. one

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She vanished into thin ___.

a. air

b. heir

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The ___ of France is Paris.

a. capital

b. capitol

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Come ___ right this minute!

a. hear

b. here

Answerb

The window ___ was cracked.

a. pain

b. pane

Answerb


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That's him! He is the ___.

a. won

b. one

Answerb

A ___ child is called a son.

a. mail

b. male

Answerb

A carrot is a ___ vegetable.

a. root

b. route

Answera

To ___ means to plant seeds.

a. sew

b. so

c. sow

Answerc

Iron is used to produce ___.

a. steal

b. steel

Answerb

I am very honored to ___ you.

a. meat

b. meet

Answerb


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A ___ is a type of shellfish.

a. muscle

b. mussel

Answerb

One tasty fish is called ___.

a. place

b. plaice

Answerb

Homonyms - Quiz 2


Daddy, are we almost ___ yet?

a. they're

b. their

c. there

Answerc

The ___ of reckoning has come.

a. hour

b. our

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You had better do it ___ away.

a. right

b. write

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A female sheep is called a ___.

a. ewe

b. you


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c. yew

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My bicycle tire has a slow ___.

a. leak

b. leek

Answera

Queen Elizabeth II ___ England.

a. rains

b. reigns

c. reins

Answerb

I would ___ like to go with you.

a. knot

b. not

Answerb

There are seven days in one ___.

a. weak

b. week

Answerb

Tolstoy was a ___ Russian writer.

a. grate

b. great

Answerb

He had his ___ on a tweed jacket.

a. I

b. eye


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Only ___ can make my life complete.

a. ewe

b. you

c. yew

Answerb

A doughnut has a ___ in the center.

a. hole

b. whole

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He ___ better but he did it anyway.

a. knew

b. new

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Do not ___ in the affairs of others.

a. medal

b. meddle

Answerb

Homonyms - Quiz 3


A row boat needs more than one ___.

a. oar

b. ore

Answera

The puppy had mud all over its ___.

a. pause


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b. paws

Answerb

An oboe is a double ___ instrument.

a. read

b. reed

Answerb

I have never ___ such a messy room!

a. scene

b. seen

Answerb

He is the ___ owner of the company.

a. sole

b. soul

Answera

It is not polite to ___ at someone.

a. stair

b. stare

Answerb

A rabbit looks very much like a ___.

a. hair

b. hare

Answerb

Didn't you ___ me when I called you?

a. hear

b. here

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Exercise builds ___ and reduces fat.

a. muscle

b. mussel

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Would you like a ___ of pie or cake?

a. peace

b. piece

Answerb

The bride walked slowly down the ___.

a. aisle

b. isle

c. I'll

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The ___ is cast, the answer is clear.

a. die

b. dye

Answera

Grandfather was a ___ and hearty man.

a. hail

b. hale

Answerb

Something that is sacred is also ___.

a. holy

b. wholly

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Have you ever eaten chow ___ noodles?

a. main

b. mane

c. mein

Answerc

The miners were digging for iron ___.

a. oar

b. ore

Answerb

The flowers gave off a beautiful ___.

a. scent

b. sent

c. cent

Answera

An unmoving object is said to be ___.

a. stationary

b. stationery

Answera

Please ___ for me outside the cinema.

a. wait

b. weight

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Dale bought a new ___ to cut his lawn.

a. more

b. mower

Answerb


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Homonyms - Quiz 4


She was unhealthy and looked very ___.

a. pail

b. pale

Answerb

What ___ you do if it happened to you?

a. wood

b. would

Answerb

Companies try to make a ___ every year.

a. profit

b. prophet

Answera

The love ___ took place on the balcony.

a. scene

b. seen

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Do you prefer ___, blues or jazz music?

a. sole

b. soul

Answerb

The tiger jumped ___ the ring of fire.

a. threw

b. through

Answerb


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I should have been ___ of my condition.

a. told

b. tolled

Answera

Your mother's sister is called your ___.

a. ant

b. aunt

Answerb

Don't be impolite! Don't be such a ___.

a. boar

b. bore

c. boor

Answerc

It is a serious offence to ___ the army.

a. desert

b. dessert

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The ___ to a man's heart is his stomach.

a. key

b. quay

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She entered the convent to become a ___.

a. none

b. nun

Answerb


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The jockey held the horse's ___ lightly.

a. rains

b. reigns

c. reins

Answerc

My dream is to ___ a best selling novel.

a. right

b. write

Answerb

Plants benefit from a daily spray of ___.

a. missed

b. mist

Answerb

He traveled over hill and ___ to see her.

a. vale

b. veil

Answera

The ship was moored at the end of the ___.

a. key

b. quay

Answerb

I keep an extra ___ of shoes at my office.

a. pear

b. pair

Answerb

The ___ subsided after he took an aspirin.


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a. pain

b. pane

Answera

Homonyms - Quiz 5


The outfielder ___ the ball to home plate.

a. threw

b. through

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I can't believe that I ___ the whole thing!

a. ate

b. eight

Answera

Flowers are a natural source of fabric ___.

a. die

b. dye

Answerb

Decaying fish makes an extremely ___ smell.

a. foul

b. fowl

Answera

There should be ___ to life than just work.

a. more

b. mower

Answera


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A ___ is said to be able to tell the future.

a. profit

b. prophet

Answerb

I can't wait to ___ the new movie "Titanic".

a. sea

b. see

Answerb

I told ___ not to go but he would not listen.

a. him

b. hymn

Answera

Tell the ___ truth and nothing but the truth.

a. hole

b. whole

Answerb

Every small town has a ___ or central street.

a. main

b. mane

c. mein

Answera

Please ___ the carrots before you slice them.

a. pair

b. pare

c. pear

Answerb


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Are those flowers ___ or are they artificial?

a. real

b. reel

Answera

What gives you the ___ to tell me what to do?

a. right

b. wright

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The busy ___ passed in front of the hospital.

a. road

b. rode

c. rowed

Answera

Homonyms - Quiz 6


He took the supplies to the new building ___.

a. sight

b. site

c. cite

Answerb

Every night I like to read ___ to my children.

a. allowed

b. aloud

Answerb

He made a ___ decision when he fired Marjorie.


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a. bad

b. bade

Answera

She ___ her nose into the tissue very quietly.

a. blew

b. blue

Answera

Dogs like to ___ bones to save them for later.

a. berry

b. bury

Answerb

Those who follow a vegetarian diet eat no ___.

a. meat

b. meet

Answera

The loud noise made her ___ during the speech.

a. pause

b. paws

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It is possible to make a kite ___ like a bird.

a. soar

b. sore

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One of the most expensive cuts of meat is ___.

a. stake

b. steak


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Answerb

Do you have ___ to pick up Bobby after school?

a. time

b. thyme

Answera

The groom lifted the ___ and kissed his bride.

a. vale

b. veil

Answerb

The yard could only be entered through the ___.

a. gait

b. gate

Answerb

The logs were placed on a ___ in the fireplace.

a. grate

b. great

Answera

One bit of good news is better than ___ at all.

a. none

b. nun

Answera

The fisherman was proud of his new rod and ___.

a. real

b. reel

Answerb


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My mother's favorite flower was the yellow ___.

a. rose

b. rows

Answera

The scientist picked up the lab rat by its ___.

a. tail

b. tale

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You have to tell me ___ to blame for this mess.

a. who's

b. whose

Answera

The novelist worked feverishly on his final ___.

a. draft

b. draught

Answera

They say that ___ going to get colder this week.

a. its

b. it's

Answerb

Homonyms - Quiz 7


The carpenter used a ___ to make the plank flat.

a. plain

b. plane

Answerb


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Harold ___ his thanks before he eats every meal.

a. praise

b. prays

c. preys

Answerb

A ___ expression mixes both humor and disbelief.

a. rye

b. wry

Answerb

The movie ___ him so he slept through most of it.

a. board

b. bored

Answerb

She was the prima ballerina in the ___ de ballet.

a. core

b. corps

Answerb

The secret to good bread is in the choice of ___.

a. flour

b. flower

Answera

We get ___ delivery everyday in our neighborhood.

a. mail

b. male

Answera


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The bells began to ___ at the end of the wedding.

a. peal

b. peel

Answera

A member of the House of Lords is known as a ___.

a. peer

b. pier

Answera

A wedding ceremony is a solemn but beautiful ___.

a. right

b. rite

Answerb

Clothes will dry faster if you ___ them out well.

a. ring

b. wring

Answerb

Randy ___ his girlfriend flowers on her birthday.

a. scent

b. sent

c. cent

Answerb

He had a ___ throat so he went to see the doctor.

a. soar

b. sore

Answerb

Her hair ribbon was ___ but her earrings were red.


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a. blew

b. blue

Answerb

The clothes may be ___ but they are not well made.

a. cheap

b. cheep

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Baby birds ___ when their mothers bring them food.

a. cheap

b. cheep

Answerb

The world champion golfer designed a new golf ___.

a. coarse

b. course

Answerb

The commercial jet ___ swiftly through the clouds.

a. flew

b. flue

c. flu

Answera

What can ___ give you for your birthday this year?

a. I

b. eye

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Japan is also known as the land of the rising ___.

a. son


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b. sun

Answerb

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