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Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Choose the correct word to complete the question. Each question has only one correct answer.
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She wanted to _____ the students in a way they'd never forget.
- affect
- effect
She read the story _____.
- allowed
- aloud
I think we need a new _____ for that lamp.
- bass
- base
I used a _____ to cover the window.
- board
- bored
Olympia is the _____ of Washington state.
- capitol
- capital
We did some grammar _____ in class last week.
- chance
- chants
The _____ winds through the beautiful valley.
- creak
- creek
We saw three _____ on our hike in the mountains.
- dear
- deer
The full payment is _____ by the end of the month.
- do
- due
I paid fifteen dollars for the _____.
- fair
- fare
Could you pick up a bag of _____ at the supermarket?
- flower
- flour
Timothy Leary wrote the _____ to Ken's book.
- forward
- foreword
Students often _____ when I announce a test.
- groan
- grown
Doctors _____ thousands of patients a year.
- heal
- heel
Your voice is _____.
- hoarse
- horse
His efforts came to _____.
- knot
- naught
She is the _____ person who speaks French.
- loan
- lone
His ______ friends are crazy!
- male
She was in _____ for three years.
- morning
- mourning
She looks rather _____.
- pail
- pale
Success requires a lot of ______.
- patience
- patients
I _____ the piano for two hours every day.
- practice
- practise
There are fifteen _____ in the theater.
- rose
- rows
The ______ was set in the south of France.
- scene
- seen
Don't ______ at that woman! It's rude.
- stair
- stare
Tom visited New York, ______.
- to
- two
- too
Results may ______ with daily or weekly use.
- vary
- very
I wish my ______ were lower.
- weight
- wait
My left arm is very ______.
- weak
- week
I don't ______ he will come or not.
- whether
- weather
