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Homonyms

Exercise # 1

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1. Many jams are made from ___.
   a. buries
   b. berries
   Answer b

    

2. Let's ___ the hatchet and be friends.
   a. bury
   b. berry
   Answer a

    

3. The children were brown as ___ after playing outside all summer.
   a. buries
   b. berries
   Answer b

    

4. A small forest is called a ___.
   a. would
   b. wood
   Answer b

    

5. I ___ ask her out for a date, if I wasn't so shy.
   a. would
   b. wood
   Answer a

    

6. Can you get some more ___ for the fire?
   a. would
   b. wood
   Answer b

    

7. Which is the best ___ for baking bread?
   a. flour
   b. flower
   Answer a

    

8. In India the plum trees ___ before the cherry trees do.
   a. flower
   b. flour
   Answer a

    

9. He picked a ___ for Joanna.
   a. flower
   b. flour
   Answer a

    

10. I don't like it, it's ___ my style.
    a. knot
    b. not
    Answer b

     

11. What ___ do you use for your tie.
    a. knot
    b. not
    Answer a

     

12. That piece of wood has a big ___ in it.
    a. knot
    b. not
    Answer a

     

13. I've ___ some tea. Do you want some?
    a. made
    b. maid
    Answer a

     

14. He ___ me apologise for swearing at my sister.
    a. made
    b. maid
    Answer a

     

15. An old fashioned word for a young lady is ___.
    a. made
    b. maid
    Answer b

     

16. ___ is used at the beginning of a letter.
    a. Dear
    b. Deer
    Answer a

     

17. Magda's father shot a ___ last night.
    a. dear
    b. deer
    Answer b

     

18. He said it only cost Ł200, but I think that was ___.
    a. dear
    b. deer
    Answer a

     

19. Is it a ___ or female dog?
    a. male
    b. mail
    Answer a

     

20. Could you ___ this card for me?
    a. male
    b. mail
    Answer b

     

21. How much do you ___?
    a. weigh
    b. way
    Answer a

     

22. Excuse me, can you tell me the ___ to the underground station?
    a. way
    b. weigh
    Answer a

     

23. He's so stubborn that he has to do everything his own ___.
    a. weigh
    b. way
    Answer b

Exercise # 2

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Exercise # 3

 

1. If the traffic is jammed, why don't you take another ___.
   a. root
   b. route
   Answer b

    

2. He ___ constantly about the roads in Gorzów.
   a. wind
   b. wined
   c. whined
   Answer c

    

3. I hate to ___ the subject but isn't it time you took a shower?
   a. broach
   b. brooch
   Answer a

    

4. Velvet has a soft ___.
   a. knap
   b. nap
   Answer b

    

5. I hear it all the ___.
   a. time
   b. thyme
   Answer a

    

6. Do you want to go ___?
   a. higher
   b. hire
   Answer a

    

7. She ___ kisses to her boyfriend.
   a. blew
   b. blue
   Answer a

    

8. I was ___ to linguistics by Simon Haines.
   a. taught
   b. taut
   Answer a

    

9. What ___ of shoes do you wear?
   a. sighs
   b. size
   Answer b

    

10. What ___ you like for breakfast?
    a. wood
    b. would
    Answer b

     

11. This ___ is about the history of the English language.
    a. lessen
    b. lesson
    Answer b

     

12. The ___ comes in at 6pm here.
    a. tide
    b. tied
    Answer a

     

13. Only ___ can make my life complete.
    a. ewe
    b. you
    c. yew
    Answer b

     

14. The ___ bear is a very dangerous animal.
    a. grisly
    b. grizzly
    Answer b

     

15. His ___ attention was focused on the film.
    a. rapt
    b. wrapped
    Answer a

     

16. The ___ shop sold dress, veils and flowers.
    a. bridal
    b. bridle
    Answer a

     

17. The ___ shop sold saddles, spurs and riding hats.
    a. bridal
    b. bridle
    Answer b

     

18. That ___ has been in the river for hundreds of years.
    a. weir
    b. we're
    Answer a

     

19. The ___ character in the play is a middle-aged spinster.
    a. principal
    b. principle
    Answer a

     

20. Joanna ___ so much syrup over her pancakes that you can hardly see the plate.
    a. pores
    b. pours
    Answer b

Exercise # 4

Exercise # 5