Homophones Exercise-2
White powder used to make cakes, pastries, bread etc. (flower / flour)
My father’s sister. (aunt / ant)
Detect things with eyes. (sea / see)
Colourful part of a plant. (flower / flour)
Fine thread-like strands growing from the skin of any living being. (hare / hair)
To see and talk to someone for the first time. (meet / meat)
A large body of salty water that covers a large part of the Earth’s surface. (see / sea)
Quite large animal with four legs which eats grass and leaves. (dear / deer)
A story. (tail / tale)
Complete or not divided. (whole / hole)
To stay somewhere until someone comes or until something happens. (wait / weight)
Not covered by anything or empty. (bare / bear)
A yellow and black flying insect which makes honey. (be / bee)
A woman who is paid to work in someone’s house. (maid / made)
The part of the body above and slightly narrower than the hips. (waste / waist)
To no longer have something because you do not know where it is. (loose / lose)
A small room in which a prisoner is locked up or in which a monk or nun sleeps. (cell / sell)
An animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal. (pray / prey)
A woman who is believed to have magical powers, especially to do evil things. (which / witch)
A unit of computer information, consisting of a group of bits. (byte /bite)
A picture or object that people pray to as part of their religion or a person or thing that is loved or admired very much. (idol / idle)
The part of a plant which grows under the ground. It absorbs minerals & water that it sends to the rest of the plant. (route / root)
To look for a long time with the eyes wide open. (stare / stair)
A printed form, used instead of money, to make payments. (cheque / check)
The material that trees are made of, or a small forest. (wood / would)
To charge someone an amount of money as a punishment. (find / fined)
Drops of water from clouds. (reign / rain)
Opposite of here. (their / there)
Opposite of wrong. (right / write)
Opposite of female. (male / mail)
A woman servant who cleans house. (made / maid)
A female deer. (doe / dough)
A male lion’s neck hair. (main / mane)
To pull a car or boat. (toe / tow)
A mix of ingredients for bread or cookies. (dough /doe)
A set of two things. (pear / pair)
A poster or a flyer. (add / ad)
To move through the water by boat. (sail / sale)
A hot drink made from leaves. (tea / tee)
A bright colour. (red / read)
Answers:
flour
aunt
see
flower
hair
meet
sea
deer
tale
whole
wait
bare
bee
maid
waist
lose
cell
prey
witch
byte
idol
root
stare
cheque
wood
fined
rain
there
right
male
maid
doe
mane
tow
dough
pair
ad
sail
tea
red
