Homophones Exercise-3
To bend your body forward, as a way of showing respect. (bow / bough)
In a voice that other people can hear. (allowed / aloud)
A type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked. (bred / bread)
A large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together. (herd / heard)
To pay to use something for a short period. (higher / hire)
Not bright. (pale / pail)
To take something without the permission or knowledge of the owner and keep it. (steal / steel)
Not working or being used. (idol / idle)
To remove the water from clothing by twisting it. (wring / ring)
A step. (stare / stair)
A signal for somebody to do something. (queue / cue)
One of a group of women who live together and have given their lives to a religion. (none / nun)
To strike, overcome. (beat / beet)
The money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi , train etc. (fair / fare)
Climate. (whether / weather)
A building where trials and other legal cases happen. (caught / court)
The part inside a pencil that you write with. (lead / led)
The foot of an animal which has claws or nails. (paws / pause)
Hold royal office; rule as monarch. (rain / reign)
Rough, not smooth. (course / coarse)
A pleasant natural smell. (scent / sent)
A food made from ice cream, with pieces of fruit, nuts, cream, sweet sauce, etc. on top of it. (Sunday / sundae)
The special chair used by a ruler, especially a king or queen. (throne / thrown)
The thick hair that covers the bodies of some animals. (fir / fur)
To wed. (marry / merry)
Fruit from a bush. (berry / bury)
Sandy shore. (beech / beach)
A floating object on the top of the sea. (buoy / boy)
Prohibited. (band / banned)
The inside surface of a room which you can see when you look above you. (sealing / ceiling)
A person who will legally receive money, property or a title from another person. (heir / air)
A little or a lot but not completely. (quite /quiet)
Maize, wheat barley etc. (cereal / serial)
Having no companions; solitary or single. (loan / lone)
To press and stretch dough, wet clay etc. with your hands to make it ready to us. (knead / need)
Extremely unpleasant. (foul / fowl)
Something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, bravery, etc. to achieve it. (feet / feat)
A system of dividing Hindu society into classes, or any of these classes. (caste / cast)
Look around. (browse / brows)
A word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word. (rime / rhyme)
The rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day. (tide / tied)
Having a rough voice, often because of a sore throat or a cold. (hoarse / horse)
Morning mist. (due / dew)
Money that somebody agrees to pay if a person accused of a crime does not appear at their trial. (bail / bale)
A small black dried grape without seeds. (currant / current)
An infectious illness. (flew / flu)
Small hard balls of ice which fall from the sky like rain. (hail / hale)
Answers:
bow
aloud
bread
herd
hire
pale
steal
idle
wring
stair
cue
nun
beat
fare
weather
court
led
paws
reign
coarse
scent
sundae
throne
fur
marry
berry
beach
buoy
banned
ceiling
heir
quite
cereal
lone
knead
foul
feat
caste
brows
rhyme
tide
hoarse
dew
bail
currant
flu
hail
