Homophones - Exercises

Exercises -1

Fill in the blanks using the right choice given in brackets.

1. Get up my ________  (sun / son).

2. You  __________ (ought / aught) to have said it long ago.

3.  ______________(Buoys / Boys) float on the sea to warn ships of danger.

4. He skidded because he did not apply the ______________ (brake / break).

5. We must try our best to _________________ (caste / cast) away all prejudices.

6. I did not have the ______________ (hart / heart).

7. The  _____________ (hair / hare) has a short tail.

8. The flesh of Kangaroo sells very  _______________(deer / dear) .

9. He told me the  ______________ (tail / tale) of a fox.

10. The travelers had a terrible journey through the  _________________(torturous / tortuous) road.

11. The children have been playing for ________________ (two / too) .

12. What is the _________________________ (prize / price) of it.

13. Please  _______________(pray / prey) for me.

14. We  _______________ (peel / peal) the orange with a knife.

15. Please  _______________ (pass / pause) for a while.

16. The time is half  ____________________(passed / past) ten.

17. Her face became ____________________ (pale / pall) because of fear.

18.  ________________________ (Ore / Oar) is used to row the boat.

19.  ________________________(Led / Lead) is a heavy metal.

20. Every airport has a  _____________________(hanger / hangar) .

21. There is a  ___________________ (whole / hole) in the bucket.

22. The strength for Achilles was on his  _______________________(heal / heel) .

23. If you want to reach God you have to ______________________ (forgo / forego) worldly pleasures.

24.  _______________________(Fowl / Foul) bird does not fly in the air.

25. She narrated series of ________________________ (discrete / discreet) events.

 
 

 
Exercises -2
Fill in the blanks using the right choice given in brackets.
1. Nobody can ......... what I tell ......... (hear / here)

2. ......... desires in our village to become a ......... (nun / none)

3. ......... how the ......... is tumultuous (sea / see)

4. ......... ......... you till now? (Were / Where)

5. I have not ......... the ......... cover book till now. (red / read)

6. The house ......... was ......... to work for many hours without rest. (maid / made)

7. They ......... at the market where they buy ......... (meat / meet)

8. Last ........., she was ......... (weak / week)

9. ......... people cannot show the ......... way to success. (idle / ideal)

10. I got a stomachache because yesterday I …….. ………... hamburgers (ate / eight)
 
Exercises -3

Fill in the blanks using the right choice given in brackets.

1. ........... and ........... are related subjects. (astrology / astronomy)

2. She said, “I shall not ....... before I ....... (dye / die)

3. She ........ on a ....... which was paved with flowers. (road / rode)

4. The of animals have never such a melodious music. (heard / herd)

5. A ....... teacher is always ....... of the needs of the learners. (conscientious / conscious)

6. The ........ he took ........ him. (ails / ale)

7. Japan, an ........ country, has a ....... population too. (industrious / industrial)

8. ....... people cannot show the ........ way to success. (ideal / idle)

9. There was a ....... on his dying face as he ....... his will. (signed / shine)

10. ......... people, at times, have ......... fears. (imaginative / imaginary)

Exercises - 4

CHOOSE FROM THESE WORDS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

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1. She's been very ill, I ____________________know for her recovery. 

2. They  _____________________ sleeping when the phone rang. 

3. The eagle was too rapid for the unfortunate  _______________________. 

4. That's the place ______________________ we used to go after school. 

5. It poured, I had to  ______________________ my wet clothes before getting into the house. 

6. For Valentine's day, I offered a golden  ____________________ to my beloved. 

7. My grandparents used to put  ____________________________ in the stove. 

8. When I was young, I used a  _____________________________ of string in my pocket. 

9. I have to keep some coins to pay for the  ___________________________on the subway. 

10. She's rather  ____________________________ for a girl, her brother is smaller.