Homophones Flashcards

1
Q
  1. Define Add

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. add numbers, math

2. AD; advertisment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q
  1. Define: Allowed

2. Find the Homophone

A

Allowed; permission

Aloud- loud yell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q
  1. Define Ate

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Digesting food/past tense

2. Eight- the number

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q
  1. Define Bear

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Bear - the animal

2. Bare - Naked

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q
  1. Define Blue

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. color

2. blew - air

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q
  1. Define Bored

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Lack of interested

2. Board - thing you write on

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q
  1. Define Break

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. turned to pieces

2. Brake - car brakes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q
  1. Define Buy

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Purchase
  2. By - near it.

or

Bye - Goodbye

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q
  1. Define Seller

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Seller / Buyers

2. Cellar - Wine Cellar

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q
  1. Define Serial

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. repeating / taking place in a series

2. Cereal - breakfast

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q
  1. Define Course

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. curriculum

2. Coarse - rough grain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q
  1. Define Deer

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. animal

2. Dear - deep affection

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q
  1. Define Dough

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. thick flour mixture
  2. Doe - female deer

or

Dow - to be able or capable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q
  1. Define Draft

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Draft - writing / banking / military
  2. Draught - [british english] drinks/wind/horses & games

Drink- An act of drinking or inhaling - she downed the beer in a single draught

Wind - A cool draught came through the window

Horses - An animal that pulls a heavy load - a draught horse

Games - the game with round pieces on a chequerboard draughts [british / americans call it checkers]

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q
  1. Define Father

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Male parent

2. Farther - Far away

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q
  1. Define Fir

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Fir - species of evergreen

2. Fur - Hair on animals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q
  1. Define Flea

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. The insect

2. Flee - run away

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q
  1. Define Flower

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. the plant

2. Flour - the baking ingredient

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q
  1. Define For

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. assigned to

2. Four- the number

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q
  1. Define Foreword

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. the intro to a book

2. forward - moving up

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q
  1. Define Fort

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. permanent army post

2. Forte - something a person excels at

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q
  1. Define Foul

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. bad / unpleasant

2. Fowl - rooster

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q
  1. Define Genes

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. human biology

2. Jeans - Denim

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q
  1. Define hear

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. a human sense

2. Here - this place

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q
  1. Define Whole

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. complete

2. Hole - hollow space

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q
  1. Define our

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. belonging to more than one person

2. Hour - time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q
  1. Define Knead

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. you knead dough

2. Need - to require

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q
  1. Define Knot

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Tie

2. not - negative clause

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q
  1. Define know

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. To be aware

2. No - negative

30
Q
  1. Define knight

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. soldier in armer

2. Night -

31
Q
  1. Define Leak

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. loose liquid

2. leek - veggie

32
Q
  1. Define Made

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. to make to build or create

2. Maid - cleaning individual

33
Q
  1. Define None

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. zero

2. Nun - female who voweled her services to church

34
Q
  1. Define One

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Number
  2. Won - to achieve / past tense win

or

South Korean currency

35
Q
  1. Define Pail

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. bucket

2. Pale - white/ no color expression

36
Q
  1. Define Piece

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. slice

2. Peace - harmony

37
Q
  1. Define Peak

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. high point on a chart

2. peek - peek a boo

38
Q
  1. Define Plain

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. flat land

or

simple

  1. plane - aircraft
39
Q
  1. Define Role

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. part on a play
  2. Roll - turning over
  3. Row- straight line
40
Q
  1. Define Sail

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. material that catches wind

2. Sale -

41
Q
  1. Define Scene

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. A sequence of a play, a place where an incident happened

2. Seen - past tense see

42
Q
  1. Define See

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. to view

2. Sea the ocean

43
Q
  1. Define Sole

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. undersurface of a foot

2. Soul - person spirit

44
Q
  1. Define Son

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. the boy/ son

2. Sun - the sun

45
Q
  1. Define Stair

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. set of steps leading to another level

2. Stare - to glaze

46
Q
  1. Define Tail

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. animal part

2. Tale - a story

47
Q
  1. Define their

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. describing possession

2. There - describing a location

48
Q
  1. Define To

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. To - expressing direction
  2. Too - in addition

or

Two - the number

49
Q
  1. Define Week

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. 7 Calendar days

2. Weak - little strength

50
Q
  1. Define Where

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. questioning location
  2. Ware - pottery

or

Wear - to put on ones body

51
Q
  1. Define Aught

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. anything at all

2. ought- should

52
Q
  1. Define Access

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. approach/ entering

2. Excess - More than due

53
Q
  1. Define Accept

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. To receive a thing

2. Except - to exclude

54
Q
  1. Define adapt

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. make fit
  2. Adopt - take upon

or

Adept - Clever , skillfull

55
Q
  1. Define Advice

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. opinion

2. Advise- give information to someone

56
Q
  1. Define Affect

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. [verb]-to produce an effect upon

2. Effect - [noun] a change that results when something is done

57
Q
  1. Define Allusion

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
  2. Illusion - something perceived incorrectly through your senses.
58
Q
  1. Define Altar

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. An elevated place of worship

2. Alter - to change

59
Q
  1. Define Altogether

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. completely or totally

2. all together - all in one company

60
Q
  1. Define All Ready

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. prepared

2. Already - by now

61
Q
  1. Define Apposite

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. in relation to something
    [your answer was quite apposite]

2.Opposite - contrary

62
Q
  1. Define Ascent

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. upward flight

2. Assent- Agreement

63
Q
  1. Define Assay

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Attempt

2. Essay - piece of writing

64
Q
  1. Define Antics

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Queer / odd

2. Antique - of old time

65
Q
  1. Define Bail

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Security

2. Bale - a bundle

66
Q
  1. Define Beach

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Sand and water

2. Beech - A kind of tree

67
Q
  1. Define Barren

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. not conductive to growth

2. Baron - aristocratic title

68
Q
  1. Define Birth

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. Bare a child

2. Berth - a ships assigned place

69
Q
  1. Define Slight

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. small in degree

2. Sleight - sneaky

70
Q
  1. Define Imminent

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. something that’s about to happen very soon

2. Eminent - something that very noticeably stands out

71
Q
  1. Define Compliment

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. expression of admiration

2. Complement - something that completes another thing

72
Q
  1. Define Confirmation

2. Find its homophone

A
  1. official indicator that things will happen as planned

2. Conformation- complying with the rules of a church