Homonyms - Quiz 16

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Things are not as they ___.
a. seam
b. seem
A type of corn is called ___.
a. maize
b. maze
On the ___, he is a nice person.
a. whole
b. hole
He ___ better but he did it anyway.
a. knew
b. new
Always try to buy low and ___ high.
a. sell
b. cell
Didn't you ___ me when I called you?
a. hear
b. here
A rank lower than general is ___.
a. colonel
b. kernel
Do not ___ in the affairs of other.
a. medal
b. meddle
Do you really ___ the money?
a. knead
b. kneed
c. need
During the summer I work as a tour ___.
a. guide
b. guyed
I will have a ___ sandwich on rye bread.
a. stake
b. steak
I told ___ not to go but he would not listen.
a. him
b. hymn
His car broke down so he called for a ___ truck.
a. toe
b. tow
If you run a bear will chase and try to ___ you.
a. mall
b. maul
If you sleep with ___ hair you will catch a cold.
a. wet
b. whet
A vein of gold in a mine is known as the mother ___.
a. load
b. lode
I want to ___ you for your delicious meal.
a. complement
b. compliment
He was not ___ to stay up later than 9:00 at night.
a. allowed
b. aloud
My son has ___ 10 centimeters since this past summer.
a. groan
b. grown
He ___ flowers to his mother on Mother's Day.
a. cent
b. scent
c. sent

Copyright (C) 1998 Donna Tatsuki (dtatsuki@gol.com)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.