Homophones

Question 1

air/heir

Answer 1

the invisible mixture of gases that surrounds Earth/a person who inherits all the property of a deceased person

Question 2

flu/flew

Answer 2

a contagious illness / past participle of fly

Question 3

its/it’s

Answer 3

belonging to or relating to something that has already been mentioned / short form of it is

Question 4

place/plaice

Answer 4

an area, town, building, etc. / a type of fish

Question 5

raise/rays

Answer 5

to take care of a person / beams of light or radiation

Question 6

sale/sail

Answer 6

A transaction between the buyer and the seller / a journey by boat or ship

Question 7

sole/soul

Answer 7

bottom surface of the foot / the spiritual part of a person

Question 8

waist/waste

Answer 8

the middle part of your body / unwanted or unusable materials

Question 9

there/their/they’re

Answer 9

that place / of or belonging to them / short for they are

Question 10

aloud/allowed

Answer 10

in a voice loud enough to be heard / to admit or agree that something is true

Question 11

grate/great

Answer 11

a barred frame for cooking over a fire / very good

Question 12

mail/male

Answer 12

post/masculine sex

Question 13

plane/plain

Answer 13

aircraft / not difficult; simple or easy

Question 14

read/reed

Answer 14

to look at words or symbols and understand what they mean / any type of tall, stiff plant

Question 15

sought/sort

Answer 15

past participle of seek / to examine in order

Question 16

through/threw

Answer 16

from one side to the other / past simple of throw

Question 17

wait/weight

Answer 17

to stay in a place / the force acting on an object due to gravity

Question 18

weather/whether

Answer 18

the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place / same as if

Question 19

dough/doe

Answer 19

a mixture used for baking / a female deer

Question 20

groan/grown

Answer 20

to complain or speak unhappily / past participle of grown

Question 21

mown/moan

Answer 21

past participle of mow / long, low sound of pain

Question 22

rein/rain

Answer 22

equipment for riding a hoarse / water falling from the sky

Question 23

scene/seen

Answer 23

a place where an unpleasant event has happened / part participle of see

Question 24

sent/scent

Answer 24

past participle of send / a pleasant natural smell

Question 25

steak/stake

Answer 25

a slice of meat / a share in business

Question 26

tire/tyre

Answer 26

wanting to rest / a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel

Question 27

whine/wine

Answer 27

a long, high-pitched complaining cry / an alcoholic beverage

Question 28

fare/fair

Answer 28

money payed for a bus ride / treating someone right

Question 29

hoarse/horse

Answer 29

same as raspy / an animal

Question 30

our/hour

Answer 30

possessive pronoun / a period of time

Question 31

pray/prey

Answer 31

to speak to a god / an animal hunted for food

Question 32

right/rite/write

Answer 32

good, proper / a religious ceremony / to form words on a surface with an instrument

Question 33

sight/site

Answer 33

the ability to see / an area of ground on which a building is constructed

Question 34

tea/tee

Answer 34

a drink made by pouring hot water onto dried and cut leaves / a flat surface on a golf course

Question 35

toe/tow

Answer 35

long, thin part at the end of the foot / to pull a car, boat