Homophones

1. [Multiple choice]

Queen Victoria’s ….. has been the longest to date.

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. rein
• 2. reign (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

Her …… died a week before she returned home.

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. farther
• 2. father (correct)

3. [Multiple choice]

They had crashed upon a remote Pacific …..

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. aisle
• 2. isle (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

After the rugby match he relaxed his …. body in a bath.

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. saw
• 2. sore (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

The sight of the ….. landscape made her long for the comforts of home.

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. barren (correct)
• 2. baron

6. [Multiple choice]

….. is widely used for making furniture.

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. beech (correct)
• 2. beach

7. [Multiple choice]

She had carried on dancing despite the pain in her …..

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. feat
• 2. feet (correct)

8. [Multiple choice]

‘Keep the rope …..!’ shouted the yachtsmen.

Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. taught
• 2. taut (correct)

9. [Multiple choice]

The ….. and recieved a standing ovation on the last night of the play.

Answers for Quiz [9].

• 1. cast (correct)
• 2. caste

10. [Multiple choice]

In the silence a ….. was heard from the other side of the cemetery gate.

(Although both words fit the sentence, so both would be correct in a grammatical sense – it is perhaps unlikely that a whale would be found stranded in a cemetery.)

Answers for Quiz [10].

• 1. whale
• 2. wail (correct)

11. [Multiple choice]

The passengers were told the ….. was cancelled because of engine problems.

Answers for Quiz [11].

• 1. crews
• 2. cruise (correct)

12. [Multiple choice]

Fox hunting was ….. in England in 2005.

Answers for Quiz [12].

• 1. banned (correct)
• 2. band

13. [Multiple choice]

‘My engagement ring is 24 ….. gold with 5 diamonds!’ bragged the actress.

Answers for Quiz [13].

• 1. carat (correct)
• 2. carrot