This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Homophones – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Homophones Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The barn had a weather ..... on top. A) Vane. B) Vein. C) Vain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vane. 2. There was only ..... cookie left. A) Won. B) Wone. C) One. D) Wan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 3. ..... (Wear, Where) is the book that I let you borrow? A) Wear. B) Where. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. 4. Select the correct homophone: "She will ..... the letter tomorrow." A) Write. B) Right. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Write. 5. Read the sentence and pick the word in dark print that best completes the sentence.On her math test Mia had 18 ..... answers and only two wrong answers. A) Right. B) Rite. C) Write. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 6. I eat healthy ..... as breakfast in morning. A) Cereal. B) Serial. C) Series. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cereal. 7. The light on my porch has a ..... and it comes on when anyone walks by. A) Censor. B) Sensor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensor. 8. When did you ..... your best friend? A) Meat. B) Meet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meet. 9. Find the homophone of by A) Buy. B) Vain. C) Bee. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buy. 10. Return the pencil to ..... place. A) It's. B) Its. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 11. My grandmother gave me a beautiful pearl ..... A) Broach. B) Brooch. C) Broughch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brooch. 12. Be sure to ..... your source of information in your research paper. A) Cide. B) Sight. C) Cite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cite. 13. Identify the correct homophone: "I need to ..... a doctor." A) See. B) Si. C) Sea. D) Cee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 14. ..... we go to the playground or not depends on your behavior. A) Weather. B) Whether. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whether. 15. A dog has ..... legs and a human only has two legs. A) For. B) Fore. C) Four. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Four. 16. ..... going to the store and ..... getting a new video game. A) You're, they're. B) Your, there. C) Their, you're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You're, they're. 17. We went driving down the ..... A) Rod. B) Rode. C) Road. D) Roed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Road. 18. Please clean under ..... desk before you go home. A) You're. B) Your. C) Yur. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your. 19. A homonym is a word that ..... A) Has the same meaning. B) Is spelt the same as another but has a different meaning and different sound. C) A metaphor with the same sound and spelling. D) Is a word that has the same sound spelling as another but has a different meaning and . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a word that has the same sound spelling as another but has a different meaning and . 20. Peace or piece are good examples of: A) Homographs. B) Homophones. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homophones. 21. Select the correct homophone that fits in the sentence below:The ..... is extremely hot. A) Son. B) Sun. C) Soon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 22. Read the definition and then pick the correct spelling for the homophone being described:several people showing ownership A) There. B) Their. C) They're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their. 23. She purchased a beautiful new gown ..... the dance. A) For. B) Four. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 24. There were so many dirty dishes in the sink I thought I would never finish washing them. A) To move down lower, especially under water. B) A basin connected to a water supply. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A basin connected to a water supply. 25. The drummer ..... the drum to the rhythm. A) Beit. B) Beet. C) Beat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beat. 26. Select the correct homophone that fits in the sentence below:Please ask Mrs. Marshall if ..... due next week. A) Its. B) It's. C) It. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's. 27. I ..... that Ellie got a new puppy. A) Herd. B) Heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heard. 28. An area of flat land shaped like a triangle where a river divides into smaller rivers as it goes into the sea A) Cone. B) Sea shore. C) Tributary. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delta. 29. The ..... actor had a very long monologue in the show. A) Principal. B) Principle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principal. 30. I need to go ..... the store. A) Tow. B) Two. C) To. D) Too. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To. 31. Would you like a ..... of cake? A) Paece. B) Piece. C) Peace. D) Peice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piece. 32. Which of the following homophones means "a large body of water" ? A) See. B) C. C) Si. D) Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea. 33. She will ..... late for class if she doesn't hurry. A) Be. B) Bee. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be. 34. Read the sentence and pick the word in dark print that best completes the sentence.Do ..... brothers like playing baseball or do they prefer soccer? A) You're. B) Your. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your. 35. Can you ..... the teacher's question? A) Here. B) Hear. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear. 36. I lost my ..... of polka-dot socks in the dryer. A) Pay her. B) Pair. C) Pare. D) Pear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pair. 37. I want the ..... thing. A) Whol. B) Whole. C) Hoole. D) Hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whole. 38. ..... your birthday!!!! A) Itz. B) Its. C) Itts. D) It's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's. 39. Which homophone is used to show possession? a) Your b) You're A) Your. B) Yore. C) Ur. D) Youre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your. 40. Choose the correct word to fill in the blank: "Please put your foot on the ..... of the car at the red light." A) Brake. B) Break. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brake. 41. Choose the correct homophone: "The ..... was delicious." A) Dessert. B) Desert. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dessert. 42. Identify the homograph in the following sentence:'The wind was too strong to wind the kite string.' A) Kite. B) String. C) Strong. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 43. His ..... was short, and there was little ..... during it. A) Rain, reign. B) Rain, rain. C) Reign, rain. D) Reign, reign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reign, rain. 44. The ..... in the garden cannot be used for ..... A) Flower/flour. B) Flour/flower. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flower/flour. 45. A scale will show ones ..... A) Wate. B) Wait. C) Weight. D) Waight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weight. 46. It's 11:45 on a school night, which is ..... (past, passed) my bedtime. A) Past. B) Passed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 47. I ..... my writing benchmark with flying colors! A) Past. B) Paste. C) Pass. D) Passed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passed. 48. You need a good wind to ..... a boat. A) Sail. B) Sal. C) Sale. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sail. 49. Which of the following sentences uses the correct homophone? A) The knight rode into the night. B) The night was dark and stormy. C) The knight was a brave warrior. D) The night is young. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The knight rode into the night. 50. It was difficult to get the ..... of cattle into the pen. A) Herd. B) Heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herd. 51. Which of the following is the correct homophone for "sea" ? A) C. B) Si. C) Se. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) See. 52. Is everyone ..... to go? It is time to leave for the play. A) Al ready. B) All ready. C) Already. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All ready. 53. Identify the homophone pair in the following sentence:'The flower flourished in the garden.' A) Garden-flour. B) Flower-garden. C) Flower-flour. D) Flour-flourished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flower-flour. 54. Select the homophone that means 'to be in a horizontal position'. A) Lei. B) Lie. C) Lye. D) Lay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lie. 55. Which spelling should be used in the sentence?I am going to ..... my grandmother next weekend. A) See. B) Sea. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 56. True or false:Homographs are words that look the same but have more than one meaning, and sometimes more than one pronunciation. For example, there is an animal called a "bat" , and there is also a "bat" that baseball players use to hit the ball. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Choose the correct homophone.My dog ate his ..... dinner in under a minute! A) Hole. B) Whole. C) Half. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whole. 58. Ils ..... souvent raison. A) On. B) Ont. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ont. 59. The students have ..... complete their assignments. A) All ready. B) Already. C) Al ready. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Already. 60. Which word means a large body of water and sounds like 'see'? A) Sigh. B) Sea. C) Sue. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesHomophones Quiz 1Homophones Quiz 2Homophones Quiz 3Homophones Quiz 4Homophones Quiz 5Homophones Quiz 6Homophones Quiz 7Homophones Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books