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In English, and also in many other languages including Chinese, two words can sound the same but have different meanings.

e.g. A. farewell _____________ ; good bargain ______________ .

A "goodbye" is a farewell. But a "good buy" is a bargain which we can get

at a much cheaper price. The words "goodbye" and "good buy" are called

HOMONYMS, as they are pronounced exactly the same way.

B. what we study at school ___________ ; reduce ____________

This is a very famous one which was made by the famous English writer Lewis Carroll : What we study are "lessons". Alice,a young girl in Lewis Carroll's however likes them! Why ? Because these subjects "lessen", which means they are reduced by the day!

Now, see if you can find the pair of words that sound alike, or the HOMONYMS. Remember the two words will both sound the same.

1. hide ________ a fruit ___________ [ bury / berry]

2. distribute ______ plenty ___________ [ allot / a lot]

3. the place ______ is an eyesore _______ [ site / sight]

4. rest _________ (for) the anmals feet ______ [pause /paws]

5. a necessity ______ to make dough _________ [need /knead]

6. grieving __________ early in the day ________ [mourning/morning]

7. Pooh __________ in the nude ! ____________ [bear/ bare]

8. the house girl ______ did it _____________ [maid / made]

9. correcting _______ the written work ________ [righting /writing]

10. rough ________ path ___________ [coarse / course ]

11. bigger ________ kitchen tool ____________ [greater / grater]

12. fat _______ (from) the country ___________ [grease / Greece]

13. ring ________ (for) a young bird __________ [signet / cygnet]

14. passage _________ (in) the small island ______ [aisle / isle]

15. the poet _________ (is) prohibited ___________ [bard / barred]