EngQuizzitive - CET - 15 (vocab) : Homophones : Answers

Homophones
[homo = similiar + phonos = sound]
One of two or more words, such as night and knight, that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, origin
eg. advice/advise , year/ear/hear/here , right/rite/write/Wright

How are they different from homonyms?

One of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as bank (embankment) and bank (place where money is kept).


Answers

1. There are many tourists today whose holiday plans include adventure sports. [whose = possessive form of who]
2. Practice makes man perfect. [practice = noun , practise = verb]
3. Proper measures should be adopted by the government for the upliftment of the backward classes. [adapted : To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation / adopted : To take on ]
4. The airline canceled its early flight to New York. [it's = it is , its = possessive pronoun]
5. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance.

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