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Practice Exercise 9 A, B, C
Homonyms
- What is a homonym? Write a complete definition and give one example.
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- Pick the word that best completes the sentence.
- I know two guys from my community who joined the Marine (Core,
Corps) in the Unites States of America.
- (Our, Hour) lawyer thinks that we will be able to avoid going
court.
- The (tide, tied) came in and washed away the sand sculptures
from the competition.
- You need to find someone better able to (council, counsel) you.
- There is no better dessert than fresh (pairs, pears).
- Tommy paid forty dollars to have someone (toe, tow) his truck
his home.
- Look, do you see the (dear, deer) eating from the apple trees?
- Peter looked (pale, pail) after the car almost knocked him from
his bicycle.
- The bells (told, tolled) as people arrived for the Sunday service.
- This morning, (dew, do) covered the ball fields.
- Write one sentence with each word. Use the word correctly.
- piece _____________________________________________________________________________
- too _______________________________________________________________________________
- dual ______________________________________________________________________________
- pier ______________________________________________________________________________
- waste ____________________________________________________________________________
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