February 08, 2022
8. HOMOPHONES
Homophones are words, which sound identical but are
spelt differently and have different meanings.
A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a
different meaning. A list of homophones are given hereunder
|
1. Sew |
Sow |
26. |
Toe |
Tow |
|
2. Aisle |
Isle |
27. |
Pair |
Pare |
|
3. Profit |
Prophet |
28. |
Altar |
Alter |
|
4. Hair |
Heir |
29. |
Bolder |
Boulde |
|
5. Colonel |
Kernel |
30. |
Pain |
Pane |
|
6. Course |
Coarse |
31. |
Pray |
Prey |
|
7. Complime |
Complement |
32. |
Bow |
Bough |
|
8. Sauce |
Source |
33. |
Caught |
Court |
|
9. Idol |
Idle |
34. |
Bare |
Bear |
|
10. Dough |
Dove |
35. |
Vale |
Veil |
|
11. Flower |
Flour |
36. |
Tied |
Tide |
|
12. Vein |
Vain, vane |
37. |
Suite |
Sweet |
|
13. Disease |
Decease |
38. |
Paw |
Poor |
|
14. Flea |
Flee |
39. |
So |
Sew |
|
15. Fair |
Fare |
40. |
To |
Too |
|
16. Key |
Quay |
41. |
Made |
Maid |
|
17. Cereal |
Serial |
42. |
Saw |
Soar |
|
18. Boy |
Buoy |
43. |
Eight |
Ate |
|
19. Bear |
Bare |
44. |
Hoarse |
Horse |
|
20. Air |
Heir |
45. |
Knight |
Night |
|
21. Steal |
Steel |
46. |
Warn |
Worn |
|
22. Place |
Plaice |
47. |
Grate |
Great |
|
23. Tale |
Tail |
48. |
Isle |
I’ll |
|
24. Son |
Sun |
49. |
Beach |
Beech |
|
25. Peal |
Peel |
50. |
Mail |
Male |
EXERCISE
Fill
in the blanks with the suitable words from the blanks:
1.
There is a big
fire burning in the (grate,
great).
2. You can eat the
but give me
the knife to the
skin (pare, pear).
3. He
was charged with stealing a of
cotton and was released on (bale, bail).
4. The artist’s showed a
picture of a politician trying to
votes (canvass, canvas)
5. 
He is the of a plan to make slow
pupils understand the difference between a and a multiplier (deviser, divisor)
6.
There is thunder and and dark stormy sky shows no sign of
(lightening,
lightning).
7. The of our college is a man of
(principal, principles).
8.
She wrote a on
the history of peace (treatise, treaties).
Underline
the correct word:
1.
What medicine did the doctor
prescribe / proscribe for her?
2.
Gandhi did not like corporeal /
coporal punishment
3.
Milton’s poetry is full of
classical allusions / illusions.
4.
Do you know the Archimedes principle / principal?
5.
I passed the intermediate course / coarse.
6.
This is not officious / official.
7.
Canvass / Canvas cloth is used for tents.
8.
Ramesh always sits beside / besides her.
9.
The minister is
appraised / apprised of the situation.
10.
This film is an adaptation / adaptation of novel.
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