Now Hear This!

There are many words in English that sound exactly the same, even though they are spelled differently and have different meanings. They are called homonyms ("homo-" means same; "-nym" means name). "Here" and "hear" are examples. The listener understands through the context which word is being used.

Are these words homonyms?

1. advice, advise
yes
no

2. air, heir
yes
no

3. be, bee
yes
no

4. been, bin
yes
no

5. blue, blew
yes
no

6. breaks, brakes
yes
no

7. carton, cartoon
yes
no

8. sea, see
yes
no

9. coarse, course
yes
no

10. eligible, illegible
yes
no

11. eye, I
yes
no

12.flew, flu
yes
no

13. for, four
yes
no

14. hear, here
yes
no

15. hoarse, horse
yes
no

16. hour, our
yes
no

17. knot, not
yes
no

18. loan, lone
yes
no

19. moral, morale
yes
no

20. one, won
yes
no

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