Level
5 Chapter 2 - Homonyms - words which sound the same
Select the correct answer(s) from the choices given
Mary lost her engagement ring while she was swimming:it was too _____.
- loose
- lose
How did Mary _____ her wedding ring? It came off while she was swimming.
- loose
- lose
I would _____ the offer without hesitation if I were you!
- accept
- except
All the countries in the EU use the Euro _____ the U.K.
- accept
- except
She fell in love with him at first _____!
- sight
- site
St. Peter's in Rome is built on the _____ where the first pope is supposed to be buried.
- sight
- site
My flat is on a main road so I'm afraid it's _____ noisy.
- quite
- quiet
Please be _____. I'm trying to work!
- quite
- quiet
Look at this _____ in the paper. Someone's selling a 1930 MG!
- ad
- add
If you _____ three to five you get eight.
- ad
- add
There's an _____ in the middle of the lake with a restaurant on it.
- aisle
- isle
You can't put your luggage there sir.You're blocking the _____ and people can't get past.
- aisle
- isle
I couldn't _____ to watch a bullfight. It's so cruel!
- bear
- bare
The nurse told Paul to roll up his sleeve and _____ his arm for the injection.
- bear
- bare
Napoleon agreed to _____ Louisiana to America for $15,000,000.
- cede
- seed
If you want a tree in your garden, buy one half grown. If you try to grow it from _____ it will take years.
- cede
- seed
In "The Silence of the Lambs" Anthony Hopkins plays Hannibal Lecter a particularly intelligent _____ killer.
- serial
- cereal
Maize is a _____ called corn in the U.S.
- serial
- cereal
This is a _____ contract. We'rewriting up the final version now.
- draft
- draught
Close the door please.There's a terrible _____ and I'm freezing!
- draft
- draught