Homophones!! Part 3
Take this quiz to test your knowledge of homophones in English! Each of these quizzes tells a short story, and each quiz is a higher level than the one before it.
Fill in the gaps with two homophones to make a logical sentence. For example, 'He said hi from a high tree.'.
Question 1
Dr. Hone ate like a
and nearly choked. "These pancakes are excellent!" he said, recovering with a
cough.
Question 2
"Maybe it's because you start with fresh
." Through the kitchen window, he noticed a graceful, brown
in the yard.
Question 3
"Every time I try to pet that deer, she
from me. Which is just as well, because she probably has
."
Question 4
"Pancakes are made from batter," corrected Julia, trying to
coffee from her apron. Just then, distant church bells began to
.
Question 5
Dr. Hone noticed Julia's stained apron and thought: "Whenever she
coffee, she either spills it or gets a
from hitting her head on the cupboard."
Question 6
"You still haven't
me about your boating trip," said Julia loudly over the bells that
.
Question 7
"I
my boat to a tree, and when I came back, the
had gone out and left it hanging there.
Question 8
I was lucky to
it when I did, because I might have been
for tying a boat in an illegal place."
Question 9
"I got so muddy getting the boat back down to the river, I looked like a
. Anyway, I tossed a rope to a passing ship and they
me back into the river."
Question 10
Later that
, the two left the house to go to the concert at the beach, dressed as a fairy and a
.
Question 11
"This dress
too tight," Julia complained, getting onto Dr. Hone's odd-looking motorcycle. "I'm afraid that the
might split."
Question 12
They took off down the winding road. "Curves ahead" read a
, with a symbol that looked like a
wave.
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