Homonym Quiz

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. Form sentences using the remaining words :
1) The bride walked slowly down the ______.
a. aisle b. isle c. I'll

2) A skunk smells its own _______ first.

a. scent b. sent c. cent

3) The salad bowl was made of _______.

a. would b. wood

4) Not all poetry has a ________ scheme.

a. rime b. rhyme

5) He walked for days in the _______ without seeing another living thing, only sand.
a. desert b. dessert

6) The female dog was _______ so that she could no longer have puppies.
a. spayed b. spade

7) The family had a secret _______ of diamonds that they used to pay for their passage out of the country.
a. cache b. cash

8) A chain is only as strong as its ________.

a. lynx b. links

9) How can you make such a ______ suggestion ?

a. vile b. vial

10) Step on the _______ ! Stop !

a. break b. brake

11) The park was the site of a _______ murder.

a. grisly b. grizzly

12) An introductory essay in a book is called a _______.

a. foreword b. forward

13) One percussion instrument in the orchestra is the ________.

a. symbol b. cymbal

14) She was a princess if _______ there was one.

a. air b. ere c. heir d. err

15) Animals attached with _______ are hardly used in farms in modern times.
a. yolks b. yokes

16) I'm just ________ to see you !

a. dyeing b. dying

17) Those who agree say '___'.

a. I b. eye c. aye

18) Parsley, sage, rosemary and ________ are fragrant herbs.

a. thyme b. time

19) Go out and check the ______ box, will you ?

a. male b. mail

20) He _________ the strength to try again

a. mustered b. mustard
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