Homophones
homophone
/ˈhɒməfəʊn,ˈhəʊməfəʊn/
noun
plural noun: homophones
each of two or more words having the same
pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, for
example new and knew.
1. Aunt (noun) or Aren’t (contraction) –
·
Aunt is the sister of one’s father or mother or the wife of one’s uncle.
Example – My aunt won the gold medal in chess
competition.
·
Aren’t is the short form of ‘are not’.
Example – We aren’t going to play cricket this
Sunday.
2.
Ate (verb) or Eight(noun) –
·
Ate is the past form of ‘eat’.
Example – I ate a large size burger.
·
Eight is a number which comes after seven and before nine.
3.
Air (noun) or Heir (noun) –
·
Air is the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture
mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. It is also used to express (an opinion or
grievance) publicly.
Example – The Game of Thrones (GOT) show was first aired in
2011.
·
A person entitled to the property or rank of another after death. It is
also called as Successor or inheritor.
Example – In GOT, who is the real heir to the
throne?
4. Board (noun)
or Bored (adjective) –
·
A board is a flat piece of wood.
Example – Art teacher is drawing a beautiful portrait on the board.
·
Bored means lacking interest or engagement. If you
are bored then it means you are not interested at all.
Example – She got bored during the history
lecture.
·
Him (pronoun)
or Hymn (noun) –
·
Him is usually used as the object of a verb or preposition, to refer to
a man, boy, or male animal that has just been mentioned or is just about to be
mentioned.
Example – Don’t be judgmental for any person unless and until you
know him.
·
The hymn is a religious song or poem to praise a god.
Example – The church congregation stood up to sing a hymn.
5. It’s
(contraction) or Its (determiner) –
·
It’s is the short form of it is.
Example – It’s not my fault. It’s yours!
·
Its mean belonging to or relating to something that has already been
mentioned.
Example – The Company increased its profits.
6.Sale (noun)
or Sail (verb) –
·
A sale is an act of exchanging something for money. Sometimes, it means
cheap price.
Example – I bought this jacket in the New Year sale.
·
When a boat or a ship sails, it travels on the water.
Example – This ship sails to India.
7. Stare (verb)
or Stair (noun) –
·
Stare means to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially
when surprised, frightened, or thinking.
Example – Don’t stare at people unnecessarily.
·
The stair is a set of steps leading from one floor of a building to
another, typically inside the building.
Example – She walked around the ground level looking for the stairs that
led to the second floor.
8.Vein (noun)
or Vain (adjective) –
·
A vein is a small tube inside your body that takes the blood back to the
heart.
Example – I could feel the blood flowing through my veins.
·
The word vain can describe someone who is very proud of or obsessed with
their own appearance. It also means self-obsessed.
Example – I tried in vain to start a conversation.
9. Wait (verb)
or Weight (noun) –
·
The wait means to stay in one place or to anticipate something.
Example – I can’t wait to tell Avril what
happened.
·
Weight indicates how heavy something is.
Example – My weight reduced when I started to
follow the proper diet plan.
10.Wine (noun)
or Whine (verb) –
·
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.
Example – I love Australian wines, especially the white
wines.
·
The whine is a long, high-pitched complaining cry. A whimper, cry. The
whine means to complain in an immature, childish way.
Example – The whine of Lisa’s hairdryer wakes me
every morning.
Choose the best alternative among the choices given. You
can find answers in the key provided at the end:
Exercise – I
1.I asked the doctor for his -----------. ( )
a.advice b.advise c.edvise
2. Smoking
---------- one’s health. (
)
a.effect s b. affects c. iffects
3. The town
has ------------- a lot in the last five years. (
)
a.altared b.altered c.altred
4. We play
badminton and tennis on ---------- days. (
)
a.alternate b.altranate c.alternative
5. They fought
with ------------ hands. (
)
a.bear b.
bare c. baer
6. I have
three other coats ----------- this. (
)
a.besides b.
beside c.becide
7. She
-------------- everyone with film stories. (
)
a.boars b.
bores c.baors
8. A glass
easily -------------. (
)
a.breaks b.brakes c.brooks
9. He is
------------- for the Congress candidate. (
)
a.canvassing b.canvasing c.kanvasing
10. She
------------ the pistol from him. (
)
a.ceased b.
ceised c. seized
11. His
------------- is poor, so he is wearing spectacles. ( )
a.site b.
cite c.sight
12. I am
taking a ------------- of French lessons. (
)
a.course b.coarse c.koarse
13. She went
to the ----------- to buy some butter. (
)
a.diary b.diery c. dairy
14. There are
many ------------- in the zoo. (
)
a.deer b.dear c. dare
15. He
----------- in the accident. (
)
a. dyed b.
died c.daed
16. She is a
-------------- girl. (
)
a.fare b.
fair c.fear
17. The
medicine has a ----------- taste. (
)
a. fowl b. fawl c.
foul
18. Let us sit
-------------. (
)
a. here b.
hear c. heir
19. There is a
------------- in my sock. ( )
a. whole b.
howl c. hole
20. I like
both coffee and tea but prefer the -------------. ( )
a. later b.
latter c. letter
Exercise - II
21. This shirt
is too -------------. (
)
a. looze b.
loose c.lose
22. India
wants to be at ------------- with other countries. ( )
a. peas b.
piece c. peace
23. You should
---------- speaking English. (
)
a. practice b.
practeese c. practise
24. Rice is
the -------------- food of Andhras (
)
a. principal b.
principle c. prinsipal
25. You
are---------- right. (
)
a. quite b.
quiat c.quiet
26.
------------- your hands. (
)
a. raise b.
ries c. rise
27. This is the shortest ----------- to the aerodrome. ( )
a.route b.
rite c. root
28. Don’t get
off the train till it is ------------. (
)
a. stationeri b.
stationary c. stationery
29. He tried
to ------------ the ring. (
)
a. steal b.
steel c.stale
30. A
----------- of visitors arrived. (
)
a. trope b.
troupe c. troop
31. I have to
go to Baroda next ----------. (
)
a. weak b.
wake c. week
32. I asked
------------ he would come. (
)
a. whither b.
weather c. whether
33. He
------------- himself easily to his new job. (
)
a. adopted b.
adapted c. adepted
34. He has
great ----------- for his nephew. (
)
a. affection b.
affectation c. affiction
35. The
------------ of the mountain would be extremely difficult.( )
a. accent b.
ascent c. assent
36. Fresh air
is --------------- to your health. ( )
a. beneficent b.beneficial c. benificent
37. The mayor
------------ the people for their rude behavior. ( )
a. sensored b.
censored c. censured
38. Don’t make
------------ remarks. (
)
a. chaildish b.
childish c. childlike
39. There was
a ------------- between a truck and a lorry. (
)
a. collision b.
collusion c. collisan
40. She was
pleased with my -------------- about her dress. ( )
a. compliment b.
complement c. complacent
Exercise - III
41. You must
--------------- to the rules or leave the school. ( )
a. conform b.
confirm c. confarm
42. There were
------------ interruptions during the hockey game.( )
a. continues b.
continual c. continuous
43. He won’t
to listen to our ---------. ( )
a. counsel b.
council c. counsal
44. I express strong ------------- in this matter. ( )
a. discent b.
dissent c. descent
45. I wonder
what his ------------ will be. (
)
a. destiny b. destination c. destinashion
46. Candidates
should pay the fee by ------------. (
)
a. draught b.
dwarft c. draft
47. My brother
and I have ------------ ownership of the rice-mill.( )
a. dual b.
duel c. dueal
48. The
-------------- position of the country is not good. ( )
a. economic b.
ecanomical c. economical
49. It was -------------- of him to visit us. ( )
a. graseful b.
graceful c. gracious
50. This ointment will ------------- your wounds. ( )
a. heel b.
hael c. heal
51. Abraham
Lincoln made a --------------- speech at Gettysburg.( )
a. historical b.
historic c. hystoric
52. That is
----------- nature. (
)
a. human b.
humane c. humani
53. In spite
of his high status, he is a man of a great -----------. ( )
a. humiliation b.humiliti c.
humility
54. Hyderabad
is an ------------ city. (
)
a. industry b.
industrial c. industrious
55. The people
were in ------------- when their leader died. (
)
a. mourning b.
morning c. moarning
56. The
discovery of radio waves was a ------------- event. ( )
a. momentary b. momentaric. momentous
57. Mumbai is
a ------------- city. (
)
a. popular b.
populous c.popules
58. A
----------- B in the alphabet. (
)
a. prosedes b.
proceeds c. precedes
59. He was
elected ------------- of the Lion’s Club. (
)
a. president b.
precident c. precedent
60. He cheated
me under ------------ of friendship. (
)
a. pretence b.
pretense c. pretension
Exercise - IV
61. Prices ------------- during war. ( )
a. sore b.
soar c. soer
62. What do
you intend to do in the summer -----------. (
)
a. vacashion b.
vocation c. vacation
63. My mother
is really an --------------. (
)
a. angle b.
engle c. angel
64. The
tourists stayed at an-------------. (
)
a. inn b.in c.ini
65. Gandhi
launched the -------------- Dandi March in 1930. ( )
a.historical b.historicle c.historic
66. Portia
requested Shylock to be ----------- . (
)
a.human b.humane c.humene
67. A man
without ------------- is an animal. (
)
a. morales b.
morals c. mortals
68. I saw a
flying ------------- in the sky yesterday. (
)
a. object b.
abject c. objekt
69. He was
sweating at every ------------ of the skin. (
)
a. pore b.
poar c. pour
70. The zebra
fell a ----------- to the lion. (
)
a. pray b.
prai c.prey
71. The
criminals are kept in a --------------. (
)
a. cell b.
cel c. sell
72. I had
------------- finished my homework before you called. ( )
a. already b.
all redy c.all ready
73. I do not
-------------- approve of his idea. (
)
a. all together b.
altogether c. altogethar
74. The train
is ------------ to arrive at 6:45 pm. ( )
a. ekcepted b.
expected c. excepted
75. The doctor gave an -------------- to snake
bite. ( )
a. anecdote b. antydote c.
antidote
76. I took the
children to the ---------------. (
)
a. jew b.
zoo c. zuo
77. I didn’t
want to ------------ any longer, so I left the cafe. ( )
a. weit b.
weight c.wait
78. The
------------ White Shark is a great hunter! (
)
a. great b.
grate c. graet
79. He said he
------------ be here at eight o’clock. (
)
a. would b.
wud c. wood
80. She closed
her eyes tightly in a --------- attempt to hold back the tears. ( )
a. veine b.
vain c. vein
Exercise - V
81. The new building
has been ------------- much admired. (
)
a. vari b.
very c. vary
82. The dress
was ------------- tight for me. (
)
a. to b.
too c. two
83. He kicked
the earth with the ----------- of his boot. (
)
a. tow b.
toe c. to
84. They washed
------------- faces and went to bed. (
)
a. their b.
there c.thair
85. We have a
----------- of eight working on product development.( )
a. team b.
taem c. teem
86. Natalie
was prettier ------------- her sister. (
)
a. than b.
then c. thain
87. It’s not
polite to ---------- , you know. (
)
a. stair b.
staire c. stare
88. I need
------------ apples for this recipe. (
)
a. sum b.
summ c. some
89. He
wondered if Rosa was in some ----------- of trouble. ( )
a. sought b.
sort c. sart
90. The police
soon arrived at the ------------ of the crime. (
)
a. seen b.
scene c. sceen
91. The shop’s
daily ------------ is usually around $500. (
)
a. profit b.
prafit c. prophet
92. Our first
----------- on Tuesdays is French. ( )
a. lessen b.
lesion c. lesson
93. I cannot
afford to leave the land lying -----------. (
)
a. idol b.
idel c. idle
94. I saw
something moving on the ------------. (
)
a. flore b.
floor c. flour
95. Rajiv
Gandhi was a ------------ Prime Minister of India. ( )
a. farmar b.
farmer c. former
96. She liked
to lead a ------------ life. ( )
a. gentil b.
gentle c.genteel
97. The
----------------- is so clear that it needs no explanation. ( )
a. praposition b. preposition c. proposition
98. Democracy
is purely ----------. (
)
a. societal b.
socitel c. social
99. Television is an electronic --------------. ( )
a. devaice b. device c.
devise
100. In the
museum we have specimens of ------------- sculpture.( )
a. ancient b.
antique c. antik
KEY:
Exercise – I
1.a 2.b 3.b 4.a 5.b 6.a 7.b 8.a 9.a 10.c 11.c 12.a
13.c 14.a 15.b 16.b 17.c 18.a 19.c 20.b
Exercise - II
21.b 22.c 23.c 24.a 25.a 26.a 27.a 28.b 29.a 30.c 31.c 32.c
33.b 34.a 35.b 36.b 37.c 38.b 9.a 40.a
Exercise - III
41.a 42.b 43.a 44.b 45.a 46.c 47.a 48.a 49.c 50.c 51.b 52.a 53.c 54.b 55.a 56.c 57.b 58.c 59.a 60.a
Exercise - IV
61.b 62.c 63.c 64.a 65.c 66.b 67.b 68.a 69.a 70.c 71.a 72.a
73.b 74.b 75.c 76.b 77.c 78.a 79.a 80.b
Exercise - V
81.b 82.b 83.b 84.a 85.a 86.a 87.c 88.c 89.b 90.b 91.a 92.c 93.c 94.b 95.c 96.c 97.c 98.a 99.b 100.b
