Homonyms - Quiz 12

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He stood for a long time on the ___ watching the ships pass by.
a. peer
b. pier
The cracks in the ___ were made by the weight of the chandelier.
a. ceiling
b. sealing
Los Vegas is a great place to ___ but not always a place to win.
a. gamble
b. gambol
The plates had a ___ edging and had painted roses in the center.
a. gilt
b. guilt
Have you ___ that bread prices will be going up again this week?
a. heard
b. herd
Every month there is a used clothes ___ at Toji Temple in Kyoto.
a. sail
b. sale
The signal was very ___ so it was hard to hear the transmission.
a. weak
b. week
The 50% discount on the brand name sneakers made them a good ___.
a. buy
b. by
c. bye
The desk was made from a large ___ resting on two filing cabinets.
a. board
b. bored
The retired couple went on a pleasure ship ___ to the East Indies.
a. crews
b. cruise
In the 1800's farmers depended on ___ horses to plow their fields.
a. draft
b. draught
If you do not wash your skin properly the ___ will become clogged.
a. pores
b. pours
A tiger in its ___ is more dangerous than three tigers in the open.
a. lair
b. layer
A ___ is a long, onion-like vegetable that has a milder aftertaste.
a. leak
b. leek
The telephone seems to ___ differently when my mother-in-law calls.
a. ring
b. wring
The cruise ship named Titanic was the largest to ever sail the ___.
a. sea
b. see
February is the time of the year that many people get colds and ___.
a. flew
b. flue
c. flu
The first ___ of the sun in the morning made a pink glow in the sky.
a. raise
b. rays
c. raze
She spent the afternoon pulling out the weeds and ___ in her garden.
a. tares
b. tears
The tree had one large ___ that looked strong enough to hold a swing.
a. bough
b. bow

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