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Homonyms are words that are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.

Which word fits the sentence?


Which jeans are you going to ______?
a. wear
b. where
Can you ______ some milk for me?
a. pore
b. pour
Take a ______. You're working too hard!
a. brake
b. break
I received ______ from my boss.
a. mail
b. male
My friends and I want to ______ across the lake.
a. sale
b. sail
Your face looks very ______.
a. pail
b. pale
My legs are ______ after the 5 mile run.
a. sore
b. soar
Why is your ______ so long?
a. hare
b. hair
I have ______ the book ten times.
a. red
b. read
Which ______ of shoes should I wear today?
a. pair
b. pear

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Something that is sacred is also ___.
a. holy
b. wholly
A ___ is a narrow passage of water.
a. straight
b. strait
There is too much at ___ to be careless.
a. stake
b. steak
There is no nicer smell than freshly ___ grass.
a. moan
b. mown
There is not much to buy for one ___.
a. scent
b. sent
c. cent
The children told ___ mother a lie.
a. their
b. there
c. they're
Brian invited ___ of his friends to his birthday party.
a. known
b. none
c. nun
The pain made her ___.
a. moan
b. mown
A ___ is a female deer.
a. doe
b. dough
There is a ___ in my eye.
a. moat
b. mote
She liked clothes made from blue ___ material.
a. gene
b. jean
She likes to ride the roller coaster for the ___ thrill of it.
a. shear
b. sheer
It looks like ___ but the weather forecast was for sunshine.
a. rain
b. reign
c. rein
The golfer scored a ___ in one.
a. whole
b. hole
The ball went ___ the window.
a. threw
b. through
I am glad that it is over and ___ with.
a. done
b. dun

A female sheep is called a ___.


a. ewe
b. you
c. yew
The soldier ___ a flower on his uniform.
a. war
b. wore
A small sample is over there in the glass ___.
a. file
b. phial
The golfer gently tapped the ball into the ___.
a. hole
b. whole
Cocaine is an ___ drug.
a. elicit
b. illicit
The breakfast ___ is on aisle four.
a. cereal
b. serial
I am very honored to ___ you.
a. meat
b. meet
c. mete
The President ___ the opening pitch.
a. threw
b. through
He made a hole in the leather with the ___.
a. all
b. awl
We have a ___ and a butler in our employ.
a. made
b. maid
Some people store liquid in a hollow ___.
a. gored
b. gourd
He came in ___ so he did not get a medal.
a. forth
b. fourth
Your seats are on the first ___ of balconies.
a. tear
b. tier
It takes a couple of hours for bread ___ to rise.
a. doe
b. dough
Tell me directly. Don't just ___ to some problem
a. elude
b. allude
He squeezed out a ___ of power at the end of the race.
a. serge
b. surge
To give someone a wide ___ means to stay out of their way.
a. berth
b. birth
The Queen ___ the Prime Minister good bye at the end of their meeting.
a. bad
b. bade

If someone offers to ___ the hatchet, it means they want to stop fighting.
a. berry
b. bury
It is hard to ___ an honest living.
a. earn
b. urn
Plug the ___ into the electrical outlet.
a. chord
b. cord
I am shopping for a ___ hat to wear to the garden party.
a. knew
b. new
Her skirt was the color of ___.
a. done
b. dun
The child grabbed the cat by the ___.
a. tail
b. tale
You reap what you ___.
a. sew
b. so
c. sow
The heart is a ___ of love.
a. symbol
b. cymbal
Put that into the ___ cabinet.
a. file
b. phial

Frank and ___ are best friends.


a. earnest
b. Ernest
Love made my heart ___ like an eagle.
a. soar
b. sore
Grandfather was a ___ and hearty man.
a. hail
b. hale
They say that ___ comes before a fall.
a. pride
b. pried
What have you ___ that is so frightening?
a. scene
b. seen
They say that ___ going to get colder this week.
a. its
b. it's
The coat might be ___ but it is not poorly made.
a. cheap
b. cheep
For heaven's sake ___ be glad to have you stay with us.
a. weed
b. we'd
The cracks in the ___ were made by the weight of the chandelier.
a. ceiling
b. sealing

The fraction that is calculated for an angle by dividing the length of the opposite side is the
"___".
a. sign
b. sine
An Arab prince or chief is called a ___.
a. shake
b. sheik
Where can you ___ flannel shirts?
a. buy
b. by
A delicious fruit is the French ___.
a. pear
b. pair
Harry carried his golf ___ in his hip pocket.
a. tease
b. tees
Birds catch worms that come out with the morning ___.
a. dew
b. do
c. due
She had her first cup of ___ when she was three.
a. tea
b. tee
Give me a new ___ of socks.
a. pear
b. pair

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