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Homophones are two or more words that are pronounced the same way but have different meanings, like know and no. This quiz will test your ability to choose the right word from some tricky homophone pairs.
In each pair of sentences, choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Use pore in the phrase pore over to mean study carefully.
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Explanation: Use pore in the phrase pore over to mean study carefully.
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: A principle is a rule or belief, and you’ll usually encounter it as a noun. Principal is often used as an adjective that means chief, key, main, or most important: the principal reasons or the principal goal. However, principal can also be a noun that means the head of a school, a sum of money, or the leading performer in a play or concert.
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Explanation: A principle is a rule or belief, and you’ll usually encounter it as a noun. Principal is often used as an adjective that means chief, key, main, or most important: the principal reasons or the principal goal. However, principal can also be a noun that means the head of a school, a sum of money, or the leading performer in a play or concert.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Writing forward when you mean foreword is a common mistake. A foreword (fore + word, literally “before the word”) is a short piece of writing at the front of a book, usually written by someone other than the author.
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Explanation: Writing forward when you mean foreword is a common mistake. A foreword (fore + word, literally “before the word”) is a short piece of writing at the front of a book, usually written by someone other than the author.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: A horde is a crowd. A hoard is a store or stash of something; it has the same spelling and similar meaning as the verb hoard, to collect or accumulate something.
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Explanation: A horde is a crowd. A hoard is a store or stash of something; it has the same spelling and similar meaning as the verb hoard, to collect or accumulate something.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Loath is an adjective that means reluctant or unwilling, while loathe is a verb that means to find something distasteful or disgusting. If you loathe boiled cabbage, you’re probably loath to eat it.
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Explanation: Loath is an adjective that means reluctant or unwilling, while loathe is a verb that means to find something distasteful or disgusting. If you loathe boiled cabbage, you’re probably loath to eat it.
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Discrete means separate or unconnected, while discreet means prudent, judicious, or modest.
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Explanation: Discrete means separate or unconnected, while discreet means prudent, judicious, or modest.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Stationery refers to writing materials, while stationary means immobile.
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Explanation: Stationery refers to writing materials, while stationary means immobile.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Course is a noun meaning a path or way of proceeding: a river follows a course and a student follows a course (of study). Course is also a verb with a similar meaning: blood courses through the body. Coarse is an adjective that means crude, harsh, or rough.
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Explanation: Course is a noun meaning a path or way of proceeding: a river follows a course and a student follows a course (of study). Course is also a verb with a similar meaning: blood courses through the body. Coarse is an adjective that means crude, harsh, or rough.
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Forgo means to go without, while forego means to go before. A “foregone conclusion”—related to forego—is one that precedes an argument or experiment.
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Explanation: Forgo means to go without, while forego means to go before. A “foregone conclusion”—related to forego—is one that precedes an argument or experiment.
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
Choose the sentence that uses the correct homophone.
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Explanation: Faze means to disturb or bother: Jay wasn’t fazed by the sudden change to his schedule. The verb phase is typically used in the constructions phase in and phase out, to introduce or remove in phases.
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Explanation: Faze means to disturb or bother: Jay wasn’t fazed by the sudden change to his schedule. The verb phase is typically used in the constructions phase in and phase out, to introduce or remove in phases.