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Homonyms Quiz 3

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  1. Many jams are made from ___.
    a. buries
    b. berries

  2. Let's ___ the hatchet and be friends.
    a. bury
    b. berry

  3. The children were brown as ___ after playing outside all summer.
    a. buries
    b. berries

  4. A small forest is called a ___.
    a. would
    b. wood

  5. I ___ do it if I got the chance.
    a. would
    b. wood

  6. Can you get some more ___ for the fire?
    a. would
    b. wood

  7. Which is the best ___ for baking bread?
    a. flour
    b. flower

  8. In Japan the plum trees ___ before the cherry trees do.
    a. flower
    b. flour

  9. In the 1960's the ___ was a symbol of peace.
    a. flower
    b. flour

  10. I don't like it, it's ___ my style.
    a. knot
    b. not

  11. What ___ do you use for your tie.
    a. knot
    b. not

  12. That piece of wood has a big ___ in it.
    a. knot
    b. not

  13. I've ___ ice cream. Do you want to try some?
    a. made
    b. maid

  14. He ___ me do it. I didn't want to.
    a. made
    b. maid

  15. An old fashioned word for a young lady is ___.
    a. made
    b. maid

  16. ___ is used at the beginning of a letter.
    a. Dear
    b. Deer

  17. Bambi's mother was a ___
    a. dear
    b. deer

  18. He said it only cost $200, but I think that is ___.
    a. dear
    b. deer

  19. Is it a ___ or female dog?
    a. male
    b. mail

  20. Could you ___ this card for me?
    a. male
    b. mail

  21. How much do you ___?
    a. weigh
    b. way

  22. Excuse me, can you tell me the ___ to the subway station?
    a. way
    b. weigh

  23. He's so stubborn that he has to do everything his own ___.
    a. weigh
    b. way

Copyright (C) 1997 by Letitia Bradley
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.