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Homonyms

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  1. My mother went to the bank to get a ___.
    a. loan
    b. lone

  2. Don't ___ that car.
    a. steel
    b. steal

  3. His voice is ___ because of his bad cold.
    a. horse
    b. hoarse

  4. My math teacher never takes the ___.
    a. role
    b. roll

  5. The building had a long ___.
    a. haul
    b. hall

  6. The family was in ___ after their son died.
    a. morning
    b. mourning

  7. What are you going to ___ to the party?
    a. wear
    b. where

  8. Could I have my ___ well done?
    a. stake
    b. steak

  9. The ___ is very clean in the country.
    a. air
    b. heir

  10. I went ___ hunting in October.
    a. dear
    b. deer

  11. Vegetarians don't eat ___.
    a. meat
    b. meet

  12. In an ___ from now, I will meet you.
    a. hour
    b. our

  13. The ___ comes once a week to clean.
    a. made
    b. maid

  14. ___ you please turn off the light?
    a. Would
    b. Wood

  15. You ___ tired today.
    a. seam
    b. seem

  16. We ___ in his new car yesterday.
    a. rode
    b. road

  17. Did you ___ the report yet?
    a. write
    b. right

  18. The pitcher ___ the ball to the catcher.
    a. threw
    b. through

  19. Is your house ___ far from here?
    a. vary
    b. very

  20. The store is having a ___ this Friday.
    a. sail
    b. sale

  21. There still is one more car payment ___.
    a. do
    b. due

  22. I hope that someday there will be world ___.
    a. piece
    b. peace

  23. ___ going to Hawaii.
    a. There
    b. They're

  24. Are you going ___?
    a. there
    b. their

  25. Is it ___ house?
    a. their
    b. there

  26. His room is the most expensive ___ in the hotel.
    a. sweet
    b. suite

  27. ___ for me.
    a. Weight
    b. Wait

  28. The room was a very ___ color.
    a. plain
    b. plane

Copyright (C) 1997 by Larry Kelly
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.