Tamilnadu state board 10th standard English Guide Homophones
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Homophones or confuesables
Homophones are one of the groups of words pronounced alike but differ in meaning and spelling or both. (e.g.) carat,
carrot; week, weak and hear, here.
Rewrite the following sentences by using the correct homophones for words:
Fill in with the right confusable to make a meaningful sentence
1. Hours. is a big clock, (ours/hours)
2. The colour of your
hair. is black, (hare/hair)
3. Gold is measured in Carat (carrot/carat)
4. I sent a Mail to my friend, (mail/male)
5. The dew seated on the top of the flowers and made the flower look more beatiful. (due/dew)
6. Sparrows were seen here long ago. (scene/seen)
7. Give me a ring when you reach home, (wring/ring)
8. How the youngest bird flies across the sea is a puzzle! (see/sea)
9. Last week he did not attend school since he was Weak (weak/week)
10. Those who are conscious of their conscience dare not do mistakes.(conscience/conscious)
11. Nivedha’s adopted son adapted himself to the new environment, (adapted/adopted)
12. The book which has been prescribed for the BA class has been proscribed for containing some marks against a particular religion, (proscribed/prescribed)
13. Tommy was walking around the forest with his bare feet when he was attacked by the bear (bear/bare).
14. In the story, St.Michael, a fairy was seated in a ferry (ferry/fairy).
15. I wanted to buy a pair of bangles but I ended buying pears . (pair/pears)
16. Every knight my grandmother would tell be a story about a night to help me grow courageous, (knight/night)
17. We had to wait patiently, in spite of carrying a heavy weight (weight/wait)
18. The hair of the hare is always soft and silky, (hare/hair)
19. When teaching my son how to drive, I told him if he didn’t hit the brake in time he would break the car’s side mirror, (break/brake)
20. If you sell drugs, you will get arrested and end up in a prison cell. (cell/sell)
21. Karthik won’t spend one cent on a bottle of perfume until he knows that he loves the scent (sent/scent/cent)
22. If you accidentally drink a bottle of fabric dye you might die (die/dye)
23. To bake a Flower shaped cake, you’ll need some all-purpose flour. (flour/flower)
24. If the heel breaks on your sandal, you might fall. However, your injuries will heal in a week’s time, (heal/heel)
25. I wanted to sit here so I could hear the mimicry performance without any distractions, (hear/here)
26. He held the railing as he walked down the stairs (stairs/stares)
27. It's going to rain today weather (weather/whether) you like it or not.
28. The tree blew (blue/blew) over in the storm
29. They weren't allowed (allowed/aloud) to take their dog into the store.
30. He chopped the onions on the cutting Board (board/bored).