Homonyms Questions and Answers

Q: One tasty fish is called ________________.

It is plaice.A plaice is a flatfish. A place is a location, and the two are pronounced identically.

Q: Daddy, are we almost ______ yet?

It is there.There means in that place. Their is the possessive and they're is they are; all three sound the same.

Q: The __________ of reckoning has come.

It is hour.The hour of reckoning is the time when accounts are settled. Our is the possessive pronoun, and the h of hour is silent, so the two are pronounced alike.

Q: You had better do it ________ away.

It is right.Right away means immediately. To write is to set down in words, and its w is silent, so the two sound the same.

Q: A female sheep is called a ______.

It is ewe.A ewe is a female sheep. A yew is a tree and you is the pronoun; all three are pronounced identically.

Q: My bicycle tyre has a small ______.

It is leak.A leak is a hole through which air or liquid escapes. A leek is the vegetable, and the two sound the same.

Q: Queen Elizabeth II ____________ England.

It is reigns.To reign is to rule as monarch. Reins control a horse and rains fall from the sky; all three are pronounced identically.

Q: I would _______ like to go with you.

It is not.Not is the negative. A knot is a tie in a rope, and its k is silent, so the two sound the same.

Q: There are seven days in one ________.

It is week.A week is seven days. Weak means lacking strength, and the two are pronounced identically.

Q: Tolstoy was a _________ Russian writer.

It is great.Great means eminent. A grate is a fireplace or a metal frame, and the two are pronounced alike.

141.

One tasty fish is called ________________.

A.Place
B.Plaice

Answer: B

It is plaice.

A plaice is a flatfish. A place is a location, and the two are pronounced identically.

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142.

Daddy, are we almost ______ yet?

A.They're
B.Their
C.There
D.They

Answer: C

It is there.

There means in that place. Their is the possessive and they're is they are; all three sound the same.

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143.

The __________ of reckoning has come.

A.Hour
B.Our
C.Over
D.Hoar

Answer: A

It is hour.

The hour of reckoning is the time when accounts are settled. Our is the possessive pronoun, and the h of hour is silent, so the two are pronounced alike.

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144.

You had better do it ________ away.