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Practice Exercise 10 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 sentences.
- We had to take another route when a (bolder, boulder) blocked
the road.
- You may bring a (guessed, guest) with you to the banquet.
- What is Barb’s (role, roll) in the project?
- My nephew was (born, borne) last night at 11:32 P.M.
- We watched as the (hair, hare) crawled under the garden fence.
- It took three hours and a chain saw to remove the tree (root,
route).
- We were told to (bough, bow) when the Queen greeted us.
- You can borrow my truck to (hall, haul) the tree limbs to the
dump.
- Sandra and I plan to (sail, sale) to Barbados in our new sailboat.
- I don’t think Stephen knows how to use the (brake, break)
when he is driving.
- Write one sentence with each word. Use the word correctly.
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- sea ______________________________________________________________________________
- bred _____________________________________________________________________________
- hear _____________________________________________________________________________
- sow _____________________________________________________________________________
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