Homophones
I ate/eight a large size burger at ate/eight o’clock.
ate - to eat
eight - the number after seven
When is the first payment due/do/dew?
due - means what is owed
do - perform an action
dew -tiny drops of water
I ate a pair/pear for lunch.
pear - Fruit that grows on trees
pair - a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit.
True or False, Synonyms are words or phrases that mean exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language; for example shut is a synonym of close.
True.
Last night I had “blank” I had a pet unicorn. A) Dream. B) Dreamt. C) Dreamed.
C) Dreamed
Every year around Christmas, many people gain a lot of weight/wait because they eat lots of food but don’t exercise.
Weight
I bought my Sale/Sail boat on Sale/Sail.
Sail(boat) - A wind powered boat.
Sale - The exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something .
Our/Hour aim should be crystal clear before we start.
Our - means belonging to us.
Hour - A period of time equal to 60 minutes.
Same
In strict usage, daily is the antonym of nightly as diurnal is of nocturnal. (True/False)
True
She got bored/board during class as the Art teacher drew a beautiful portrait on the bored/board.
bored - means lacking interest or engagement.
board - a flat piece of wood.
A Deer/Dear is a hoofed grazing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually and typically borne only by the male.
Deer - A forest animal.
Dear is used for the beloved person.
Example – Hey dear, are you okay now?
Their/There/They’re dog is over Their/There/They’re digging through the trash. Their/There/They’re not the most responsible pet owners.
Their is a pronoun that is plural possessive.
There is a word that means place.
They’re is a contraction that means they are.
The term SMELT A) Is a spcies of fish, B) The process of making iron from ore, C) The past tense of smell, D) All above
D) All above
If the plural form of goose is geese, what is the plural form of moose?
A) Meese, B) Mooses, C) Moose
C) Moose
The Dough/Doe ate the bag of Dough/Doe
Doe - a female deer
Dough - a mixture of flour and water
I ordered the Mexican Hot Pizza, but couldn’t eat the chilli/chilly on top!
Chilli - a small spicy pepper or pod of a variety of capsicum used in cooking. It is also called as chilli pepper.
Chilly - means feeling cold.
I am not Allowed/Aloud to bring a football to recess.
Allowed - to be permitted
Aloud - audibly; not silently or in a whisper.
Eggplant and boiled cabbage are both vile, but squash is the (blank)!
A) worst, B) worse, C) worser
A) worst
Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?
A) Navy, B) Azure, C) Beryl
B) Azure is the color between cyan and blue on the spectrum of visible light.
You should take routine breaks/brakes to refresh your mind and reset your attention.
Break - has a different meaning. As a noun, it means separate into pieces and as a verb, an interruption of continuity.
A brake is a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle.
I yelled For/Four/Fore when my golf shot hooked toward the crowd.
Fore - If someone or something comes to the fore in a particular situation or group, they become important or popular.
I have a present for you
I have four brothers and sisters
Everyone in the room breathed in the fresh air/heir, as the air/heir to the throne became King.
Air - the gas we breath
Heir - a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
Affects/Infects/Effects can be used as a synonym for property
Effects - goods; movables; personal property.
Affects - to impress the mind or move the feelings
Infects - to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent.
Which sentence is correct? A) “Although it was raining, but we went to the market.”
B) ”Although it was raining, we went to the market.”
B)
My grandparents emigrated/immigrate from India in 1980.
Emigrate - means to leave your own country and go and live in another country, permanently.
Immigrate - means to enter and settle in a foreign country, permanently.
The skies were shattered with a final climactic/climatic crash of thunder.
Something that is the highest or most exciting point is climactic.
Anything that has to do with weather or other conditions related to climate is climatic.
She was living in the past/passed and couldn't move on.
past is used as a noun it refers to an earlier time.
The word passed is the past tense of the verb pass which means "to move through or into a place or a time"
A synonyms of extract is illicit/elicit.
elicit - implies some effort or skill in drawing forth a response.
illicit - not permitted forbidden by law, rules, or custom.
Which sentence is correct? A) “A greater amount of people are visiting the stadium.”
B) “A greater number of people are visiting the stadium.”
B)
Rule
The amount is used for uncountable commodities.
The number is used for countable things.