Homonyms
Lesson 1.
new-knew, flower- flour,
so-sew, won-one, taut- taught, plain-plane, see-sea, wood-would, our-hour,
bear- bare, red- read, weight- wait, made- maid, way – weigh, hole- whole,
by – buy, rote – route, sale – sail, fair – fare , hear – here, principle
– principal, whether – weather
Exercise 1.
1. I
bought this …………dress today. I …..that you bought that dress. ( new, knew
)
2. I
love to grow ….in my garden. I need two cups of ……for the cake. (
flower, flour )
3. I
want to ….the rip on these jeans . ….what? I bought these jeans
yesterday. ( so, sew )
4. We
……the game by two o’clock. ……at a time that’s how we score. ( won,
one )
5. She
…..me how to take the test. Her stomach is …..after all those sip
ups. ( taut, taught)
6. This
dress is too …..- no designs. We flew in that new …… ( plain,
plane )
7. We
swam in the …..today. I ….how beautiful the ocean is. (
see, sea )
8. I
like to buy ….furniture . I ……..like a new table. (
wood, would )
9. This
class is one ……long. I like …….new teacher. ( our, hour )
10. Grizzly …..are very
vicious. His baldhead was …… ( bear, bare )
11. Stop at a
……light. I ….a whole book at night. ( red, read
)
12. ….for me , I’ll be right
here. The ….of this package is too much. ( weight, wait )
13. The …….will clean your
room. I ….the bed myself. ( made, maid )
14. Which ……should we
go? Did you ….the vegetables ? ( way, weigh)
15. I dug a big……to plant those
seeds. I did the ……thing myself. ( hole, whole)
16. I went…..her
house. I want to …..a new car. ( by, buy )
17. I …..a ten page paper for
class. I learnt the rules by ….. ( rote, wrote )
18. The …..hung on the boat’s
mast. I bought this on ….and saved. ( sale, sail)
19. The town …..is held every
summer. The round trip ….is 20 dollars ( fair, fare )
20. Come
….right now! Did you …..me ? ( hear, here)
21. …..Jones called the
assembly. Stand by your ……. ( principle, principal)
22. The…….report calls for
rain. I need to know …..you will come. ( weather, whether
Lesson 2.
die- dye, feet- feat,
pane-pain, been- bean, born- borne, grate- great, reflex- reflects, sole-
soul, cite – site, son- sun, I-eye, band- banned, jeans- genes, sell –
cell, pale- pail, tale- tail, seen- scene, tear- tier, warn- worn, hire –
higher
Exercise 1.
- I’d …..if I got hit by a car. What
…..did you use on this shirt? ( die, dye)
- These shoes are killing my …. Passing that
test was some …….( feet, feat )
- I have a ……from that bump on my head. They broke the
….with the ball ( pane, pain )
- I’ve …..over this ten times. Put that
in the ….over the sink. ( been, bin )
- The baby was …..at 8 o’clock. I’ve ……a lot of
troubles. ( born, borne)
- I had a …..time at the party. I used
…..cheese on the spaghetti.( grate, great )
- My knee bounced up in a …… The lake ….the
trees perfectly. ( reflex, reflects)
- The Buddhists believe the …is reincarnated. He was
the…survivor of the accident (sole, soul)
- I …..James as my inspiration. There is a
new …..for the airport.( cite, site )
- My …..is named Peter. The sun is
hot today. ( son, sun )
- ….bought some new glasses. I shut my …..when
I sleep. ( I, eye )
- Short skirts are ….at her school. That …..is
great. ( band, banned )
- I need to …..a tutor. Put the
books on a ……shelf. ( hire ,higher )
- Have you ….those shoes yet? I …..you – he’s a
tough teacher ( warn, worn )
- Levi’s are my favourite …. He inherited
blue eyes from her mother’s ( jeans .genes )
- The amoebae is a single ….organism. I want to …..this
car. ( sell, cell )
- Those seats are in the second …… My …wet my cheeks.
( tear, tier )
- Jane is …she hasn’t been in the beach. She carried a ….of
milk from the barn ( pale, pail)
- Don’t pull the cat’s ….. That was
some ….Jack told us. ( tale, tail )
- The ….was in New York. I’ve …..some
crazy things there ( seen, scene)
- I …… a pen for classes …….the dough
before letting it rise ( need, knead )
Lesson 3.
allowed – aloud, air –
heir, be- bee, bare – bear, beat – beet, beach – beech, birth – berth, berry
– bury , boar – bore , bean – been, bread – bred, brake – break, blue – blew,
bow – bough, by – bye – buy, cell – sell, cent – sent – scent , course –
coarse,
Exercise 1.
- He got up with an …….of relief and yet reluctance . The
classroom should be …..ed during the break. John was the only ……to his
uncle’s estate. ( air, heir)
- She read the passage …..so that her sister should
understand what she meant . Next day Jimmy was not …..to leave the house
again. ( allowed , aloud )
- The garden looked …..and deserted. I can’t ….the way you
treat that man. The ….has a massive body, coarse heavy fur and relatively
short limbs. ( bare, bear )
- All the family sat round the table under a huge ….which
grew near the house. The day was stormy and there were very few people on
the ….. ( beach , beech )
- While they were cutting up potatoes, carrots and …..root
for the soup I looked up and suddenly burst out laughing. For a moment I
could not feel my heart. It had stopped …..ing.( beat, beet )
- Are you going to ….yourself in your work? There are a lot
of different ….and mushrooms in this forest. ( berry , bury )
- The upper …..was occupied by a young man who never took
part in our conversation. Theb news that Mrs. Davis had given …..to a
daughter seemed to make no impression on her relatives. ( birth , berth )
- A heavy storm ….up towards evening. …..is my
favourite colour ( blue, blew )
- Don’t try to fool him with that suggestion. He knows how
many ….make five. I’ve always …treated as a gentleman. ( bean, been )
- Jerry was the first to ….the silence . The driver put on
the …..and the car stopped. Wait a bit, we’ll discuss it in the …. (
brake, break )
- He reminded serene in a houseful of ill-…… people. Her
hands trembled while she was eating her ….. and butter ( bread, bred )
- He was not a young man any longer , age had …..ed his
head. He climbed onto the huge ….of a pine . He greeted him with a low
…. ( bow, bough )
- The …..is a structural unit of plant and animal life .
Don’t ….this book , you may need it in future. ( cell, sell )
- He could …….trouble the moment he stopped onto the porch.
The doctor was …..for immediately. A …..is the hundredth part of the US
dollar. ( scent, sent, cent )
- The main …..was steak with vegetables. His hands were
…..and roughened by years of hard work. Christine did an intensive Russian
….before she came to Russia ( course, coarse )
Lesson 4.
current – currant, dear-
dare, die – dye, dew – due , flower – flour, fare – fair, father – farther ,
feat – feet, forth – fourth, for – four – fore , fir – fur , gait – gate ,
grown – groan, great – grate , hair – hare , heal – heel, hear – hear,
hoarse – horse , hole – whole , hour – our
Exercise 1.
1. We
had reached the bridge over the river and stood there , gazing down at its
strong ….. I opened the gate and saw some ….bushes and a line of white
flowers fringing the path. ( current – currant )
2. Two
dollars ! That was to …..for such a trifle. What a …..little kitten ! An
adult male ….is called a stag. ( dear , deer )
3. The
grass and leaves of the trees were covered with …… The meeting is …..begin
at 4 o’clock. ( dew , due )
4. A
man can ….but once . He is a liar of the blackest …….
5. What
is the ……from here to Moscow ? He was met by a …..-skinned young girl with a
beautiful crown of black hair. ( fare , fair )
6. She
liked violets more than any other ……s ….is the finely ground meal
of grain. ( flower, flour)
7. Her
…..lived not far from her , but they seldom saw each other. Mr. Jones’ house
is just a few steps ….. ( father , farther )
8. The
part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist is called the …..arm.
These are good pills ……a cough, but you must not take more than …..pills at a
time. ( for , four, fore )
9. We
were decorating the …….-tree, when our guests came. She had a very beautiful
….-coat on. ( fir, fur )
10. At the ….I met a strangely
familiar man dressed in black. We walked with an awkward , stooping ……which
was due to nervousness. ( gate , gait )
11. Her singing ….on my ear. I
have a …. Desire to spend a fortnight in the country. ( great , grate )
12. He is …….up and must be
responsible for his actions. The wounded man ……ed when they tried to lift
him. ( grown, groan )
13. First catch your …..then
cook it. What he saw there made his ….stand on end. She took out all the
pins and let her ….fall down her back. ( hare, hair )
14. Don’t worry ! It’s just a
scratch , it’ll soon ….. The dog followed the hunter at his …..s( heel,
heal )
15. Don’t look a gift …… in the
mouth. They talked themselves …..but never came to an agreement. ( hoarse,
horse )
16. He ate three ……..oranges.
The ……in the ground was covered with some fir branches ( hole, whole )
17. I have been waiting for you
for half an ….. She is …teacher of English ( hour, our )
Lesson 5.
knead – need, key – quay ,
lain-lane, lead- led, meat-meet, maid-made, mail-male, main-mane, minor-miner,
night- knight, pain-pane, prey- pray, pear –pair-pare, pail-pale, piece-peace,
plane –plain
Exercise 1.
- I often met this man wandering along the …….late in the
evening, looking at the boats. The landlady showed him upstairs and gave
him a …..to his room. The symphony is in a major….. ( key, quay)
- They could see them now , walking up the ……him and his
girl. He had …..motionless on the ground for an hour or so before he
heard steps. ( lain, lane )
- It could not be Tina! You must have been ….astray by her
strong resemblance to Sophie! The ……pencil does not and never did,
contain any ……. ( lead , led )
- Though he worked hard he had difficulty in making both
ends ….. One man’s ….is another man’s poison. ( meet, meat )
- She ….up her mind not to interfere. The door was
opened by the ….who told me that the master was out. ( made, maid )
- …..animals are often larger than the females. If you want
the letter to get there quickly , send it by air ….. ( male, mail)
- The ….library contains books of general interest. The
horse’s ….was decorated with paper flowers and ribbons for the occasion.
( mane, main )
- By way of a …..psychological experience she decided to
spend the night at a hotel. His father worked as a ….in Donetsk. ( miner,
minor )
- That …I never thought of sleeping . In the Middle Ages a
mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior was called a …. ( night,
knight )
- They rain beat at the window …… He never took …..s to get
a proper education . ( pain, pane )
- These worries ….ed upon his mind . She knelt down and
began to ….. ( prey , pray )
- They left the house in …..s Very soon he was forced to
…..down his expenses. The woman carried a basket full of huge golden
…..s ( pear, pair, pare )
- He turned …..when I told him we had found the gun near
house. Take some water from the …..and wash your face. ( pail, pale )
- He tore the letter into ….s and burned them in the
fireplace. May he rest in ……, poor soul! This play is all of a ….with his
previous works. A ….pipe is a pipe smoked by the North American Indians
as a token of …. ( peace, piece )
- There are ….brown curtains at the window of my bedroom.
……geometry deals with figures whose parts all lie in one ….. ( plain,
plane )
Lesson 6.
read- reed, rain – reign –
rein, root- route , ring- wring , road – rode-rowed , sale-sail, son-sun,
sheer – shear , sort-sought, steel-steal, sight-site, sew-sow, tale-tail,
week- weak, sole-soul , steak- stake
Exercise 1.
- She kept a tight ….on her husband. He used to come to our
place every Sunday, ……or shine. That building was designed during the
….of Queen Victoria ( rain , rein, reign)
- She was red as a beet - ….. Which ……did she take ? (
root, route )
- He jumped on his horse and …..away. She turned on to a
narrow country …..and went on faster. We crossed the river in a boat. Jim
……and I steered with a short scull. ( road, rode, rowed )
- It is time to set …… Be sure to buy this book , it is on
….now. She ….ed into the room and stopped to be admired. ( sale , sail)
- To …..means to remove wool from sheep with large scissors
or shears. This work is a waste of time ( sheer, shear )
- You must have shoes with thicker …… These won’t stand up
to a long walk. He is the …..of humour. Would you like …..for your
lunch?- Oh, I don’t like fish. Can I have some meat ,please? Sole, soul)
- Don’t ……at the poor girl. She is embarrassed as it is .
A long fight of ……s led down to the sea. ( stare , stair )
- They ….shelter from the rain in a …..of shed. I could not
understand why he …..my advice again, he had never followed it before (
sort, sought )
- She managed to …..a glance at the man. He seemed to have
nerves of ….. ( steel, steal )
- I’d like a nice …..for my dinner . A ……is a thick
sharpened stick used to support a tent for young trees or plants. ( steak,
stake )
- My grandfather doesn’t read much now. Her ….is falling.
Soames found a beautiful …..for his new house. ( sight, site )
Lesson 7.
tale-tail, week-weak, witch-
which, write – rite- wright- right, weigh-way, sea- see, some – sum,
stare-stair, seen-scene, through-threw, vein-vain-vane, whether-weather,
where-wear-ware, wait-weight, waist-waste
Exercise 1.
- We can’t agree with this point , but , please don’t make a
….. He had never been …..since that day. ( seen, scene )
- I know that I can …..and hem much better than my Aunty
Em. …..the wind and reap the whirlwind. It was too early to ….yet (
sew, sow)
- Jane …..the apple because it was rotten right ….. (
threw, through )
- Children like fairy-tales, but when they grow older, they
prefer …..of adventure. I could not make head or …….of what he had told
me. ( tale, tail)
- She was so thin that …..s stood out against her pale
skin. The weather …..on top of the town hall pointed east. She was
nothing but a silly …..girl. She was not really bad , just …..and
thoughtless ( vein, vain, vane )
- ….we go or …..we stay, the result is the same. He
promised to come , though the ….was awful. ( weather, whether )
- A ……is a person who professes or is supported to
practice magic, ………..especially black magic. I don’t know …..way we must
take. ( which, witch)
- After you pass the house , turn to the right . …..can I
find shoes for everyday ……? He used to keep a hard ….shop. There are
all kinds of silver ….for sale here ( where, wear, ware )
- He is a well-known play……. You are old enough to know
the difference between ……and wrong. He behaved in a strange way, as if
performing some peculiar ….. …..to me as often as you can ,
please. ( wright, rite, right, write)
- In England apples are sold by ….. and oranges at so
much a piece. ….a minute . Will you stand on the scales , please I
must put down your ………….. ( weight, wait )
- How often do you …..yourself? – Twice a week . But it
does not seem to help. I’m not getting any thinner. – That is not the
….to lose weight. You should diet. ( way, weigh)
- Joseph Seddley was as vein as a girl. He had dozens of
……….coats, a special one for every occasion. Don’t …….your time reading
this book. ( waist, waste )
Lesson 8
lead – led , loose – lose
, past – passed , patients – patience, peace – piece , personnel –
personal , principal – principle , principals , quiet – quit – quite ,
read – red , rite – right – write , site – sight , Board – bored , clothes –
cloth , desert – dessert , die – dye , affect – effect , forth – fourth ,
heroine - heroin , weather – whether , to ship – by ship
1. As
he …….his soldiers into the battle , his feet made of …….. ( lead , led )
2. My
shoes are so ………….thatr5 I’m going to ……….them ( loose , lose )
3. Whatever
has ……….us by is now in the ……..( past , passed )
4. You
must have ……in dealing with the …….in this clinic ( patients , patience )
5. The
period of …………….between the two wars is an interesting …….of history ( peace ,
piece )
6. The
………………….office had a great deal of information in its files ( personnel ,
personal )
7. The
high school …….said today that the problem with today’s youth is their
lack of moral ………….( principal , principle , principals )
8. We’ll
have to be ………. ……….. ………….making noise ( quiet , quite , quit )
9. Yesterday
he …………..from the ………………….book instead of the blue one ( read , red )
10. He had no ………….to ……….a new
……………for the church ( rite , right , write )
11. She chose this …because of
its view . The ……………..of the old house brought tears to her eyes ( site
, sight )
12. I was so …………..at the ………of
Directors meeting that I fell asleep ( Board , bored )
13. His ……were made of ………….of
many different colors ( clothes , cloth )
14. Any cool ……..would taste
great out here in the sandy …….( desert , dessert )
15. She thought her dog would
…after it drank that bowl of blue …….( die , dye)
16. What ………does this have on
you? How does it ……….you? ( affect , effect )
17. The soldiers of the ………..regiment
bravely went ………( fourth , forth)
18. The movie’s …………died of an
overdose of ………..( heroine , heroin )
19. I really wonder ………..we can
find ………….suitable ( weather , whether )
20. We used ………..textile from Liberia ……………….( to ship , by ship )
Test 1. Find the homonyms in the boxes
die pain sell
tale feet hire
grate band seen I reflects sole
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pane dye great eye
tail scene reflex
cell soul feat higher banned
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our read here
bear new wait
won so made
hole flower way
wood whether
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hour hole flour
would hear weigh
red weightew maid weather
bare one knew
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