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Homophones

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I will give this act my __________.

a)

assent

b)

ascent

2.

The ___________ concentrates and amplifies sound waves.

a)

auricle

b)

oracle

3.

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

a)

birth

b)

berth

4.

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

a)

cashing

b)

caching

5.

Music students learn which __________ sound nice after one another.

a)

cords

b)

chords

6.

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

a)

cougher

b)

coffer

7.

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

a)

corps

b)

core

8.

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

a)

you

b)

ewe

9.

She smokes a lot so she has a _________ voice.

a)

hoarse

b)

horse

10.

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

a)

key

b)

quay

11.

Many species of mushrooms and __________ are also found in the state.

a)

lichens

b)

likens

12.

Can I pay pounds in _________ of euro?

a)

loo

b)

lieu

13.

Who knows whether he has the __________ to be in charge?

a)

mettle

b)

metal

14.

Again she found herself looking at him with _________ regard.

a)

wrapped

b)

rapt

15.

She was a woman ready to __________ some serious havoc.

a)

wreak

b)

reek

16.

He did not _________ independently until his brother's death in 911.

a)

reign

b)

rein

17.

She made a ________ face at the thought of the bureaucrats.

a)

rye

b)

wry

18.

It was time to _________ the truth out of her.

a)

wring

b)

ring

19.

The club played on the second _________ from 1993 to 1996.

a)

tear

b)

tier

20.

It's hard to believe that people you'd pass by in the street could be so _________.

a)

vial

b)

vile