Homophones

I will give this act my __________.

• assent

• ascent

The ___________ concentrates and amplifies sound waves.

• auricle

• oracle

I tend to give the city centre a wide _________ on Saturdays because it's so busy.

• birth

• berth

All browsers speed up your Web surfing by ___________ components of Web pages you access.

• cashing

• caching

Music students learn which __________ sound nice after one another.

• cords

• chords

It turns into a nasty whoop that can leave the __________ breathless, blue and vomiting.

• cougher

• coffer

By late 1940 the __________ had over 14,000 men at arms.

• corps

• core

He was watching the little _________ peering round the open door.

• you

• ewe

She smokes a lot so she has a _________ voice.

• hoarse

• horse

Without thinking, I went to the edge of the _________.

• key

• quay