Homonyms Questions and Answers

Q: Get up my __________.

It is son.A son is a male child, and is the form of address the sentence calls for. The sun is the star.

Q: He was considered ______ because he had no hair.

It is bald.Bald means having no hair. Bawled is the past tense of bawl, to shout or weep loudly, and the two are pronounced identically.

Q: One of the most challenging jobs is to ____________ children.

It is raise.To raise children is to bring them up. Rays are beams of light, and to raze is to demolish; all three are pronounced identically, and raze means the opposite of raise.

Q: Jerry ______________ so much syrup over his pancakes that you can hardly see the plate.

It is pours.To pour is to tip liquid out. Pores are the openings in the skin, and the two are pronounced identically.

Q: An Arab prince or chief is called a _________________.

It is sheik.A sheik is an Arab chief. To shake is to move to and fro, and the two are close enough in one common pronunciation to be confused.

Q: The TV has lost __________ picture.

It is its.Its is the possessive and takes no apostrophe - the picture belongs to the television. It's is the contraction of it is; the apostrophe there marks a missing letter, not possession.

Q: A shop that specializes in the sales of paper and office goods is called a ___ store.

It is stationery.Stationery with an e is paper and writing materials - remember that both envelope and stationery have an e. Stationary with an a means not moving.

Q: Do not ______________ to me.

It is lie.To lie is to tell an untruth. Lye is a caustic solution, and the two are pronounced identically.

Q: The ______ is very bright today, isn't it?

It is sun.The sun is the star that gives light. A son is a male child, and the two are pronounced identically.

Q: It is possible to __________________ minerals from soil by over planting.

It is leach.To leach is to drain minerals out of soil by percolating water. A leech is a bloodsucking worm, and the two are pronounced identically.

51.

Get up my __________.

A.Sun
B.Son

Answer: B

It is son.

A son is a male child, and is the form of address the sentence calls for. The sun is the star.

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52.

He was considered ______ because he had no hair.

A.Bald
B.Bawled

Answer: A

It is bald.

Bald means having no hair. Bawled is the past tense of bawl, to shout or weep loudly, and the two are pronounced identically.

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53.

One of the most challenging jobs is to ____________ children.

A.Raise
B.Rays
C.Raze

Answer: A

It is raise.

To raise children is to bring them up. Rays are beams of light, and to raze is to demolish; all three are pronounced identically, and raze means the opposite of raise.

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54.

Jerry ______________ so much syrup over his pancakes that you can hardly see the plate.

A.Pores
B.Pours

Answer: B

It is pours.

To pour is to tip liquid out. Pores are the openings in the skin, and the two are pronounced identically.

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55.

An Arab prince or chief is called a _________________.

A.Shake
B.Sheik

Answer: B

It is sheik.

A sheik is an Arab chief. To shake is to move to and fro, and the two are close enough in one common pronunciation to be confused.

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56.

The TV has lost __________ picture.

A.It's
B.Its

Answer: A

It is its.

Its is the possessive and takes no apostrophe - the picture belongs to the television. It's is the contraction of it is; the apostrophe there marks a missing letter, not possession.

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57.

A shop that specializes in the sales of paper and office goods is called a ___ store.