Homonyms - Quiz 8

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The family took ___ vacation in Florida this year.
a. they're
b. their
c. there
He was not ___ to stay up later than 9:00 at night.
a. allowed
b. aloud
Chickens can also be referred to as poultry or ___.
a. foul
b. fowl
For ___ vacation we plan to visit Kansas this year.
a. hour
b. our
The sailor was a expert at tying every kind of ___.
a. knot
b. not
Let there be ___ on Earth and let it begin with me.
a. peace
b. piece
I would like a table for ___ on the terrace please.
a. to
b. too
c. two
One of the most challenging jobs is to ___ children.
a. raise
b. rays
c. raze
The statistical table had three ___ and two columns.
a. rose
b. rows
A popular grain for bread and whiskey making is ___.
a. rye
b. wry
The ___ walked his dog down the street every morning.
a. boy
b. buoy
Her hair was thick and ___ rather than thin and fine.
a. coarse
b. course
My son has ___ 10 centimeters since this past summer.
a. groan
b. grown
The dessert was a sliced ___ on a swirl of chocolate.
a. pear
b. pair
Her novels regularly ___ the depths of human despair.
a. plum
b. plumb
The ___ character in the play is a middle-aged widow.
a. principal
b. principle
A series of steps that cross a fence is called a ___.
a. stile
b. style
The ___ came in and left many seashells on the beach.
a. tide
b. tied
She fastened the leather belt around her slender ___.
a. waist
b. waste
Put the meat in the refrigerator or else it will ___.
a. wrought
b. rot

Copyright (C) 1998 Donna Tatsuki (dtatsuki@gol.com)
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