Business Homophones: Glossary 1

Put the files ___ on the desk.

• there

• their

• they're

___ project was successful.

• There

• They're

• Their

Every decision has to be approved by the ___ of directors.

• boared

• bored

• board

Let's take a coffee ___.

• break

• brake

• braek

She started her acting career by doing shampoo ___ on TV.

• ads

• adds

• ades

If you add three and four you get ___.

• one

• seven

• twelve

^{Match the words with their definitions:}

• employ someone for work

• truck

• payment for work

• salary

• goods carried by a ship or aircraft

• hire

• official procedure

• cargo

• large vehicle for transporting goods

• policy

The new ___ starts today.

• police

• policy

• politics

She couldn't decide ___ dress to wear to the party.

• witch

• which

• whitch

Mark: Who​ (a)   these reports (b)   my desk?

Sally: They came​ (c)   the internal​ (d)   system.

• threw
• on
• through
• mail