Homophones Flashcards
(72 cards)
1
Q
- Define Add
2. Find its homophone
A
- add numbers, math
2. AD; advertisment
2
Q
- Define: Allowed
2. Find the Homophone
A
Allowed; permission
Aloud- loud yell
3
Q
- Define Ate
2. Find its homophone
A
- Digesting food/past tense
2. Eight- the number
4
Q
- Define Bear
2. Find its homophone
A
- Bear - the animal
2. Bare - Naked
5
Q
- Define Blue
2. Find its homophone
A
- color
2. blew - air
6
Q
- Define Bored
2. Find its homophone
A
- Lack of interested
2. Board - thing you write on
7
Q
- Define Break
2. Find its homophone
A
- turned to pieces
2. Brake - car brakes
8
Q
- Define Buy
2. Find its homophone
A
- Purchase
- By - near it.
or
Bye - Goodbye
9
Q
- Define Seller
2. Find its homophone
A
- Seller / Buyers
2. Cellar - Wine Cellar
10
Q
- Define Serial
2. Find its homophone
A
- repeating / taking place in a series
2. Cereal - breakfast
11
Q
- Define Course
2. Find its homophone
A
- curriculum
2. Coarse - rough grain
12
Q
- Define Deer
2. Find its homophone
A
- animal
2. Dear - deep affection
13
Q
- Define Dough
2. Find its homophone
A
- thick flour mixture
- Doe - female deer
or
Dow - to be able or capable
14
Q
- Define Draft
2. Find its homophone
A
- Draft - writing / banking / military
- 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]
15
Q
- Define Father
2. Find its homophone
A
- Male parent
2. Farther - Far away
16
Q
- Define Fir
2. Find its homophone
A
- Fir - species of evergreen
2. Fur - Hair on animals
17
Q
- Define Flea
2. Find its homophone
A
- The insect
2. Flee - run away
18
Q
- Define Flower
2. Find its homophone
A
- the plant
2. Flour - the baking ingredient
19
Q
- Define For
2. Find its homophone
A
- assigned to
2. Four- the number
20
Q
- Define Foreword
2. Find its homophone
A
- the intro to a book
2. forward - moving up
21
Q
- Define Fort
2. Find its homophone
A
- permanent army post
2. Forte - something a person excels at
22
Q
- Define Foul
2. Find its homophone
A
- bad / unpleasant
2. Fowl - rooster
23
Q
- Define Genes
2. Find its homophone
A
- human biology
2. Jeans - Denim
24
Q
- Define hear
2. Find its homophone
A
- a human sense
2. Here - this place
25
1. Define Whole
| 2. Find its homophone
1. complete
| 2. Hole - hollow space
26
1. Define our
| 2. Find its homophone
1. belonging to more than one person
| 2. Hour - time
27
1. Define Knead
| 2. Find its homophone
1. you knead dough
| 2. Need - to require
28
1. Define Knot
| 2. Find its homophone
1. Tie
| 2. not - negative clause
29
1. Define know
| 2. Find its homophone
1. To be aware
| 2. No - negative
30
1. Define knight
| 2. Find its homophone
1. soldier in armer
| 2. Night -
31
1. Define Leak
| 2. Find its homophone
1. loose liquid
| 2. leek - veggie
32
1. Define Made
| 2. Find its homophone
1. to make to build or create
| 2. Maid - cleaning individual
33
1. Define None
| 2. Find its homophone
1. zero
| 2. Nun - female who voweled her services to church
34
1. Define One
| 2. Find its homophone
1. Number
2. Won - to achieve / past tense win
or
South Korean currency
35
1. Define Pail
| 2. Find its homophone
1. bucket
| 2. Pale - white/ no color expression
36
1. Define Piece
| 2. Find its homophone
1. slice
| 2. Peace - harmony
37
1. Define Peak
| 2. Find its homophone
1. high point on a chart
| 2. peek - peek a boo
38
1. Define Plain
| 2. Find its homophone
1. flat land
or
simple
2. plane - aircraft
39
1. Define Role
| 2. Find its homophone
1. part on a play
2. Roll - turning over
3. Row- straight line
40
1. Define Sail
| 2. Find its homophone
1. material that catches wind
| 2. Sale -
41
1. Define Scene
| 2. Find its homophone
1. A sequence of a play, a place where an incident happened
| 2. Seen - past tense see
42
1. Define See
| 2. Find its homophone
1. to view
| 2. Sea the ocean
43
1. Define Sole
| 2. Find its homophone
1. undersurface of a foot
| 2. Soul - person spirit
44
1. Define Son
| 2. Find its homophone
1. the boy/ son
| 2. Sun - the sun
45
1. Define Stair
| 2. Find its homophone
1. set of steps leading to another level
| 2. Stare - to glaze
46
1. Define Tail
| 2. Find its homophone
1. animal part
| 2. Tale - a story
47
1. Define their
| 2. Find its homophone
1. describing possession
| 2. There - describing a location
48
1. Define To
| 2. Find its homophone
1. To - expressing direction
2. Too - in addition
or
Two - the number
49
1. Define Week
| 2. Find its homophone
1. 7 Calendar days
| 2. Weak - little strength
50
1. Define Where
| 2. Find its homophone
1. questioning location
2. Ware - pottery
or
Wear - to put on ones body
51
1. Define Aught
| 2. Find its homophone
1. anything at all
| 2. ought- should
52
1. Define Access
| 2. Find its homophone
1. approach/ entering
| 2. Excess - More than due
53
1. Define Accept
| 2. Find its homophone
1. To receive a thing
| 2. Except - to exclude
54
1. Define adapt
| 2. Find its homophone
1. make fit
2. Adopt - take upon
or
Adept - Clever , skillfull
55
1. Define Advice
| 2. Find its homophone
1. opinion
| 2. Advise- give information to someone
56
1. Define Affect
| 2. Find its homophone
1. [verb]-to produce an effect upon
| 2. Effect - [noun] a change that results when something is done
57
1. Define Allusion
| 2. Find its homophone
1. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
2. Illusion - something perceived incorrectly through your senses.
58
1. Define Altar
| 2. Find its homophone
1. An elevated place of worship
| 2. Alter - to change
59
1. Define Altogether
| 2. Find its homophone
1. completely or totally
| 2. all together - all in one company
60
1. Define All Ready
| 2. Find its homophone
1. prepared
| 2. Already - by now
61
1. Define Apposite
| 2. Find its homophone
1. in relation to something
[your answer was quite apposite]
2.Opposite - contrary
62
1. Define Ascent
| 2. Find its homophone
1. upward flight
| 2. Assent- Agreement
63
1. Define Assay
| 2. Find its homophone
1. Attempt
| 2. Essay - piece of writing
64
1. Define Antics
| 2. Find its homophone
1. Queer / odd
| 2. Antique - of old time
65
1. Define Bail
| 2. Find its homophone
1. Security
| 2. Bale - a bundle
66
1. Define Beach
| 2. Find its homophone
1. Sand and water
| 2. Beech - A kind of tree
67
1. Define Barren
| 2. Find its homophone
1. not conductive to growth
| 2. Baron - aristocratic title
68
1. Define Birth
| 2. Find its homophone
1. Bare a child
| 2. Berth - a ships assigned place
69
1. Define Slight
| 2. Find its homophone
1. small in degree
| 2. Sleight - sneaky
70
1. Define Imminent
| 2. Find its homophone
1. something that's about to happen very soon
| 2. Eminent - something that very noticeably stands out
71
1. Define Compliment
| 2. Find its homophone
1. expression of admiration
| 2. Complement - something that completes another thing
72
1. Define Confirmation
| 2. Find its homophone
1. official indicator that things will happen as planned
| 2. Conformation- complying with the rules of a church
